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 | 12:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAD 160556Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP243 T02440228 10300 20239 403560206 51005 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAD 160656Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP240 T02390228 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@2800 OVC@3300 | KGAD 160756Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM BKN028 OVC033 24/23 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP247 T02440233 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAD 160856Z AUTO 09003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP253 T02440233 53009 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAD 160956Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP256 T02390233 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAD 161056Z AUTO 09003KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP266 T02330233 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAD 161156Z AUTO 08003KT 8SM CLR 23/23 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP276 7//// T02330233 10244 20233 53021 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KGAD 161256Z AUTO 06005KT 9SM CLR 25/24 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP280 T02500239 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 8:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@1500 | KGAD 161356Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM FEW015 27/23 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP282 T02670233 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 9:56 AM | SCT | 43000 - 43000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT@2100 | KGAD 161456Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM SCT021 28/23 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP288 T02830233 51012 $ | |
| 1550Z | 10:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 0 | FEW@2800 | KGAD 161556Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW028 29/23 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP282 T02890228 $ | |