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 | |||||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
0550Z | 12:55 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 38 | FEW@4500 OVC@8500 | KDNS 310555Z AUTO 07008KT 6SM HZ FEW045 OVC085 A3021 RMK AO2 | ||||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | - | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 55 | FEW@1700 SCT@4700 BKN@6000 | KDNS 310655Z AUTO 05007KT 5SM HZ FEW017 SCT047 BKN060 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | - | BKN | 15000 - 39000 | 63 | SCT@1200 SCT@2400 OVC@9000 | KDNS 310755Z AUTO 06009KT 6SM HZ SCT012 SCT024 OVC090 A3021 RMK AO2 | ||||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | - | BKN | 14000 - 33000 | 49 | SCT@4700 BKN@5500 OVC@9000 | KDNS 310855Z AUTO 07008KT 6SM HZ SCT047 BKN055 OVC090 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | - | BKN | 13000 - 22000 | 51 | FEW@5500 BKN@7500 OVC@9000 | KDNS 310955Z AUTO 08005KT 6SM HZ FEW055 BKN075 OVC090 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | - | BKN | 13000 - 20000 | 49 | OVC@9500 | KDNS 311055Z AUTO 07005KT 6SM HZ OVC095 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 32 | OVC@8500 | KDNS 311155Z AUTO 07006KT 4SM HZ OVC085 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 25 | SCT@9000 | KDNS 311255Z AUTO 07009KT 4SM HZ SCT090 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 20 | CLR | KDNS 311355Z AUTO 09011KT 5SM HZ CLR A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 7 | CLR | KDNS 311455Z AUTO 09012KT 5SM HZ CLR A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDNS 311555Z AUTO 11011KT 5SM HZ CLR A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDNS 311655Z AUTO 10010KT 5SM HZ CLR A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDNS 311755Z AUTO 11008G15KT 5SM HZ CLR A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
1850Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDNS 311855Z AUTO 12008KT 4SM HZ CLR A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
1950Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@3700 | KDNS 311955Z AUTO 09010KT 5SM HZ FEW037 A3031 RMK AO2 |