Satellite Cloud Product

NESDIS produces a Satellite Cloud Product (SCP) that supplements the ASOS ceilometer readings. This page merges the SCP data with the METAR observations for a given UTC date. Cloud level values are presented in feet above ground level. ECA represents estimated cloud amount expressed in percentage. An IEM Web Service provided the following JSON dataset for this page. Data is available for some sites back to 1993.

Year: Month: Day: Time Order:

 

SCP Valid UTC METAR Valid Local Satellite East SounderSatellite West SounderASOS METAR Report
Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Levels ftMETAR
0050Z12:55 AMBKN13000 - 3900032BKN13000 - 3500040BKN@2100
BKN@2900
KACP 160555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN021 BKN029 23/21 A3001 RMK AO2
0150Z1:55 AMBKN13000 - 4200050BKN13000 - 3600053CLR KACP 160655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2999 RMK AO2
0250Z2:55 AMOVC18000 - 3600077BKN16000 - 3600062CLR KACP 160755Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/21 A3001 RMK AO2
0350Z3:55 AMBKN13000 - 3700056BKN13000 - 3700046BKN@11000
KACP 160855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN110 23/21 A3000 RMK AO2
0450Z4:55 AMBKN13000 - 4000039SCT13000 - 3600034SCT@11000
KACP 160955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT110 23/21 A2999 RMK AO2
0550Z5:55 AMSCT13000 - 4000012SCT13000 - 3500013SCT@11000
KACP 161055Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT110 22/20 A2999 RMK AO2
0650Z6:55 AMSCT13000 - 380005SCT17000 - 330003SCT@2100
KACP 161155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT021 23/21 A3000 RMK AO2
0750Z7:55 AMSCT13000 - 4300038SCT13000 - 4200018SCT@1500
SCT@2200
BKN@11000
KACP 161255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT015 SCT022 BKN110 24/22 A3001 RMK AO2
0850Z8:55 AMBKN13000 - 4600037SCT13000 - 4100024CLR KACP 161355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3002 RMK AO2