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 | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 3 | OVC@200 | KCDA 260455Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM OVC002 09/09 A3010 RMK AO2 T00890085 401650084 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 3 | OVC@200 | KCDA 260555Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM OVC002 08/08 A3008 RMK AO2 T00820078 10152 20082 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 2 | OVC@200 | KCDA 260655Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM OVC002 07/07 A3008 RMK AO2 T00730070 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 3 | OVC@200 | KCDA 260755Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM OVC002 07/07 A3008 RMK AO2 T00720068 | |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 2 | OVC@200 | KCDA 260855Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM OVC002 07/07 A3009 RMK AO2 T00680065 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | OVC@200 | KCDA 260955Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM OVC002 07/07 A3009 RMK AO2 T00720068 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@200 | KCDA 261055Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM OVC002 08/08 A3010 RMK AO2 T00810077 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | OVC@200 | KCDA 261155Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM OVC002 09/09 A3011 RMK AO2 T00910087 10091 20068 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 30000 - 30000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | OVC@200 | KCDA 261255Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM OVC002 12/11 A3010 RMK AO2 T01160112 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | KCDA 261355Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3008 RMK AO2 T01370133 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KCDA 261455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/13 A3008 RMK AO2 T01910130 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 3 | SCT@4400 | KCDA 261555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT044 22/14 A3005 RMK AO2 T02170139 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 3 | SCT@5000 | KCDA 261655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT050 23/14 A3002 RMK AO2 T02340136 | ||