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 | 15000 - 48000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | CLR | KWDR 130455Z 10SM CLR 23/23 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 11 | SCT@4400 | KWDR 130555Z 10SM SCT044 23/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 0 | SCT@4200 | KWDR 130655Z 10SM SCT042 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@3700 SCT@4300 SCT@5000 | KWDR 130755Z 10SM SCT037 SCT043 SCT050 22/22 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 3 | CLR | KWDR 130855Z 10SM CLR 22/22 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 8 | CLR | KWDR 130955Z 10SM CLR 22/22 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 28 | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 15 | OVC@7000 | KWDR 131055Z 10SM OVC070 23/22 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 49000 | 17 | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 19 | SCT@8000 | KWDR 131155Z 10SM SCT080 22/22 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 49000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 20 | SCT@8500 | KWDR 131255Z 10SM SCT085 24/23 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 50000 | 11 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 14 | SCT@8500 | KWDR 131355Z 10SM SCT085 26/23 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||