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 | 14000 - 48000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 14 | CLR | KD73 130455Z AUTO 10SM CLR 24/ A3003 RMK AO2 T0236//// | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 6 | CLR | KD73 130555Z AUTO 10SM CLR 24/ A3003 RMK AO2 T0237//// 10255 20233 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KD73 130655Z AUTO 10SM CLR 23/ A3002 RMK AO2 T0234//// | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KD73 130755Z AUTO 10SM CLR 23/ A3001 RMK AO2 T0230//// | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT@3900 SCT@5000 | KD73 130855Z AUTO 10SM SCT039 SCT050 23/ A3001 RMK AO2 T0229//// | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 4 | CLR | KD73 130955Z AUTO 10SM CLR 23/ A3002 RMK AO2 T0227//// | |
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 13 | SCT@4100 SCT@4600 BKN@6000 | KD73 131055Z AUTO 10SM SCT041 SCT046 BKN060 23/ A3004 RMK AO2 T0227//// | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 17 | SCT | 16000 - 41000 | 18 | SCT@4600 SCT@6000 | KD73 131155Z AUTO 7SM SCT046 SCT060 23/ A3005 RMK AO2 T0227//// 10236 20223 70042 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 22 | SCT@9000 | KD73 131255Z AUTO 10SM SCT090 24/ A3008 RMK AO2 T0238//// | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 20 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 16 | SCT@7000 SCT@9000 | KD73 131355Z AUTO 10SM SCT070 SCT090 26/25 A3008 RMK AO2 T02600250 | |
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 18000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 6 | CLR | KD73 131455Z AUTO 10SM CLR 28/23 A3008 RMK AO2 T02820231 | |
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KD73 131555Z AUTO 10SM CLR 30/22 A3007 RMK AO2 T03010224 | |
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | SCT@5500 SCT@7000 | KD73 131655Z AUTO 10SM SCT055 SCT070 31/21 A3005 RMK AO2 T03130206 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 11 | SCT@5500 SCT@7000 SCT@8000 | KD73 131755Z AUTO 10SM SCT055 SCT070 SCT080 32/19 A3003 RMK AO2 T03190194 10321 20227 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 10 | CLR | KD73 131855Z AUTO 10SM CLR 32/18 A3002 RMK AO2 T03250181 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 11 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 11 | CLR | KD73 131955Z AUTO 10SM CLR 33/18 A3000 RMK AO2 T03260176 | |