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.
| SCP Valid UTC | METAR Valid Local | Satellite East Sounder | Satellite West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0050Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 14 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 19 | BKN@7000 | KRCE 180555Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM BKN070 25/23 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE |
| 0150Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 49000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 38 | FEW@7000 | KRCE 180655Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM FEW070 25/22 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0250Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 25 | CLR | KRCE 180755Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N | ||
| 0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 10 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 10 | SCT@7000 | KRCE 180855Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM SCT070 24/21 A2997 RMK AO2 |