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 | 12:50 AM | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 5 | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 12 | CLR | KSZY 160550Z AUTO 18004KT 9SM CLR 24/24 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 46000 | 10 | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 18 | SCT@300 | KSZY 160655Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM SCT003 24/24 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 21000 - 46000 | 22 | OVC | 37000 - 43000 | 26 | SCT@800 OVC@1400 | KSZY 160755Z AUTO VRB04G10KT 10SM SCT008 OVC014 24/23 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 0350Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 38000 - 46000 | 28 | BKN | 22000 - 43000 | 28 | CLR | KSZY 160855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 0450Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 38000 - 46000 | 26 | SCT | 23000 - 43000 | 23 | CLR | KSZY 160955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3000 RMK A01 | ||