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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDA 240455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/10 A3023 RMK AO2 T01160096 402280096 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDA 240555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3024 RMK AO2 T01060092 10198 20105 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDA 240655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/09 A3024 RMK AO2 T01010090 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDA 240755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/09 A3025 RMK AO2 T00950085 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDA 240855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/09 A3025 RMK AO2 T00920086 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KCDA 240955Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM VV005 09/08 A3026 RMK AO2 T00860081 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KCDA 241055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/10 A3027 RMK AO2 T01040096 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 0 | CLR | KCDA 241155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/11 A3028 RMK AO2 T01300109 10130 20083 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 24000 | 2 | CLR | KCDA 241255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A3028 RMK AO2 T01560112 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 25000 | 3 | CLR | KCDA 241355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A3028 RMK AO2 T01820119 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 27000 | 2 | CLR | KCDA 241455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/11 A3028 RMK AO2 T02100111 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | CLR | KCDA 241555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/12 A3026 RMK AO2 T02270118 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 0 | SCT@5000 OVC@6000 | KCDA 241655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT050 OVC060 24/12 A3025 RMK AO2 T02410123 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 0 | BKN@6500 | KCDA 241755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN065 24/11 A3024 RMK AO2 T02360109 10247 20133 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@6500 | KCDA 241855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT065 24/10 A3022 RMK AO2 T02380104 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KCDA 241955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/10 A3020 RMK AO2 T02490098 | ||