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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 0 | CLR | KVAD 150455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02600227 403540243 $ | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KVAD 150555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02450231 10295 20244 58007 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KVAD 150655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02440232 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVAD 150755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP176 T02420233 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KVAD 150855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02370232 50001 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVAD 150955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02330229 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVAD 151055Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02350231 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVAD 151155Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 23/23 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02340230 10246 20229 52022 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 1 | CLR | KVAD 151255Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP203 T02590253 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 6 | CLR | KVAD 151355Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP210 T02870253 $ | |
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 12 | CLR | KVAD 151455Z AUTO 09008KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP213 T03110249 52015 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 20 | FEW@2900 | KVAD 151555Z AUTO 08009KT 10SM FEW029 31/24 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP216 T03130239 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 21 | FEW@3400 | KVAD 151655Z AUTO 09007KT 10SM FEW034 32/24 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP213 T03180238 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 25 | CLR | KVAD 151755Z AUTO 06009KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP210 T03240233 10332 20233 58005 $ | ||
| 1850Z | 2:49 PM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 56 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 31 | SCT@4000 | KVAD 151849Z AUTO 11013KT 10SM SCT040 30/23 A3014 RMK AO2 WSHFT 38 SLP206 $ | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | OVC | 15000 - 42000 | 71 | OVC | 14000 - 38000 | 37 | SCT@10000 | KVAD 151955Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM SCT100 30/23 A3013 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S DZB08E19 SLP203 P0000 T03030229 $ | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | OVC | 13000 - 43000 | 72 | OVC | 15000 - 38000 | 40 | FEW@11000 | KVAD 152055Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM FEW110 30/24 A3013 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E-SE SLP203 60000 T03040240 57005 $ | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | OVC | 15000 - 42000 | 52 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 37 | SCT@13000 | KVAD 152155Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM SCT130 30/24 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP203 T03020236 $ | ||