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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 19 | CLR | KDCU 130553Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/22 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02170217 10267 20217 403170217 58001 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KDCU 130653Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 22/22 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP150 T02170217 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 2 | FEW@7000 | KDCU 130753Z AUTO 14004KT 6SM BR FEW070 22/22 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02170217 $ | |
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 6 | SCT@7500 | KDCU 130853Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR SCT075 22/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02170217 51002 $ | |
| 0950Z | 4:51 AM | SCT | 19000 - 52000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 6 | FEW@600 FEW@6500 | KDCU 130951Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR FEW006 FEW065 21/21 A3000 RMK AO2 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:48 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 6 | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 5 | VV @600 | KDCU 131048Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV006 20/20 A3004 RMK AO2 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 22000 - 53000 | 2 | SCT | 18000 - 52000 | 6 | VV @200 | KDCU 131153Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG VV002 21/21 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP174 70016 T02060206 10222 20200 51020 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | 26000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 16000 - 52000 | 11 | FEW@400 | KDCU 131250Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR FEW004 23/23 A3008 RMK AO2 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 16000 - 52000 | 6 | SCT | 14000 - 50000 | 11 | FEW@700 | KDCU 131353Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW007 25/24 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02500239 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 33000 - 52000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 43000 | 4 | CLR | KDCU 131453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02780233 51006 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 29000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | CLR | KDCU 131553Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP176 T03000233 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 16 | CLR | KDCU 131653Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP171 T03170228 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 12:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 13 | FEW@4700 BKN@6000 | KDCU 131753Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM FEW047 BKN060 32/20 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP167 T03220200 10328 20206 58012 $ | ||
| 1850Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | CLR | KDCU 131853Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 33/21 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP159 T03280206 $ | ||
| 1950Z | 2:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 2 | CLR | KDCU 131953Z AUTO 28005KT 3SM HZ CLR 34/19 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP151 T03390194 $ | |