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 | ||
| 2350Z | 12:50 AM | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KSMS 210450Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 23/23 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0050Z | 1:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | CLR | KSMS 210550Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 23/23 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0150Z | 2:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 210650Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 22/22 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0250Z | 3:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 210750Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 22/22 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0350Z | 4:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMS 210850Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 22/22 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||