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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 16 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 12 | CLR | KDUX 130555Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3006 RMK AO2 10292 20207 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 51000 | 8 | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 3 | CLR | KDUX 130655Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 51000 | 9 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 4 | CLR | KDUX 130755Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | 15000 - 48000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 3 | CLR | KDUX 130856Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 41000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDUX 130955Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDUX 131055Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDUX 131155Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3005 RMK AO2 10208 20160 70000 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDUX 131255Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDUX 131355Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||