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
0150Z12:53 AMSCT30000 - 380000SCTSCT15000 - 380001CLR KDMN 230653Z AUTO 24009KT 10SM CLR 26/05 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP075 T02610050 403560239
0250Z1:53 AMSCT14000 - 420007SCT13000 - 360007CLR KDMN 230753Z AUTO 27009KT 10SM CLR 24/02 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP073 T02390022
0350Z2:53 AMSCT13000 - 410004SCT14000 - 360005CLR KDMN 230853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/01 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP079 T02220011 53003
0450Z3:53 AMCLR-0CLR-0CLR KDMN 230953Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 20/02 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP085 T02000017
0550Z4:53 AMCLR-0SCT15000 - 250000CLR KDMN 231053Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 19/02 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP092 T01940017
0650Z5:53 AMCLR-0SCT13000 - 340002CLR KDMN 231153Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM CLR 18/01 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP098 T01830011 10261 20183 53012
0750Z6:53 AMSCT13000 - 370008SCT15000 - 3600019CLR KDMN 231253Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 20/M02 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP102 T02001017
0850Z7:53 AMBKN14000 - 3900033BKN15000 - 3600039CLR KDMN 231353Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 23/M01 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP106 T02331006
0950Z8:53 AMSCT13000 - 4400026SCT13000 - 3600029CLR KDMN 231453Z AUTO 25007KT 10SM CLR 25/02 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP108 T02500017 51012