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
2350Z12:51 AMSCT23000 - 360000SCT13000 - 360003CLR KHTS 300451Z 00000KT 9SM CLR 24/22 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02390222 403280211
0050Z1:51 AMSCT13000 - 160001SCT18000 - 340009CLR KHTS 300551Z 16003KT 6SM BR CLR 24/22 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02390217 10306 20239 57004
0150Z2:51 AMSCTSCT13000 - 420004SCT13000 - 3300014CLR KHTS 300651Z 12004KT 6SM BR CLR 23/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02330211
0250Z3:51 AMSCT13000 - 350006SCT13000 - 2700010CLR KHTS 300751Z 00000KT 9SM CLR 23/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02330211
0350Z4:51 AMSCT13000 - 460008SCT15000 - 360009CLR KHTS 300851Z 11003KT 5SM BR CLR 23/21 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02280211 58004
0450Z5:51 AMSCT13000 - 420008SCT13000 - 3700010SCT@100
KHTS 300951Z 16003KT 2 1/2SM BR SCT001 23/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02280211
0550Z6:51 AMSCT13000 - 4100014SCT14000 - 4200015CLR KHTS 301051Z 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 23/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02280211
0650Z7:51 AMSCT16000 - 460004SCTSCT14000 - 4600013CLR KHTS 301151Z 23003KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02390217 10244 20228 53006
0750Z8:51 AMSCT13000 - 4600011SCT16000 - 4600016CLR KHTS 301251Z 10SM CLR 26/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02610217
0850Z9:51 AMOVC38000 - 4600019SCT29000 - 4700024CLR KHTS 301351Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02780222