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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | CLR | KVDF 240455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3004 RMK AO2 T02310231 403030225 $ | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KVDF 240555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3002 RMK AO2 60000 T02240224 10243 20224 58005 $ | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDF 240655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3000 RMK AO2 T02300230 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4300 | KVDF 240755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW043 23/23 A3000 RMK AO2 T02260226 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KVDF 240855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3000 RMK AO2 T02180218 55005 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDF 240955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3001 RMK AO2 T02180218 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | KVDF 241055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3002 RMK AO2 T02160216 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | CLR | KVDF 241155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A3002 RMK AO2 70003 T02290229 10231 20215 52006 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 4 | CLR | KVDF 241255Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 26/25 A3003 RMK AO2 T02580249 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 6 | CLR | KVDF 241355Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3003 RMK AO2 T02870246 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | CLR | KVDF 241455Z AUTO VRB03KT 9SM CLR 30/25 A3005 RMK AO2 T03040254 53011 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 1 | FEW@4000 | KVDF 241555Z AUTO VRB03KT 9SM FEW040 31/25 A3005 RMK AO2 T03130245 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 13 | SCT@3700 SCT@4700 BKN@7000 BKN@10000 | KVDF 241655Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM SCT037 SCT047 BKN070 BKN100 31/25 A3003 RMK AO2 T03090255 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 29 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 21 | FEW@8000 SCT@11000 | KVDF 241755Z AUTO 26006KT 9SM FEW080 SCT110 31/26 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW AND N T03110256 10322 20235 58013 $ | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 51 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 38 | BKN@3800 BKN@4800 OVC@9500 | KVDF 241855Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM BKN038 BKN048 OVC095 29/25 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N T02930247 $ | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | BKN | 21000 - 41000 | 80 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 51 | SCT@6000 BKN@15000 BKN@34000 | KVDF 241955Z AUTO VRB03KT 9SM SCT060 BKN150 BKN340 29/26 A2999 RMK AO2 RAB1853E1920 P0000 T02890260 $ | ||