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 | 20000 - 53000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 8 | CLR | KSCD 120555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3003 RMK AO2 T02360236 10309 20236 403290207 52010 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 17 | SCT@13000 BKN@37000 | KSCD 120655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT130 BKN370 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02320232 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 18 | BKN@13000 | KSCD 120755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN130 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 T02290229 $ | |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 15 | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 17 | CLR | KSCD 120855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3003 RMK AO2 T02220222 53001 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 51000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 20 | FEW@13000 | KSCD 120955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW130 22/22 A3004 RMK AO2 T02240224 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 52000 | 15 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 25 | FEW@14000 | KSCD 121055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW140 22/22 A3004 RMK AO2 T02200220 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 25000 - 53000 | 10 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 18 | CLR | KSCD 121155Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3005 RMK AO2 T02400230 10240 20219 53008 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 27000 - 53000 | 21 | BKN | 15000 - 43000 | 27 | CLR | KSCD 121255Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3007 RMK AO2 T02550230 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 50000 | 36 | BKN | 15000 - 38000 | 45 | CLR | KSCD 121355Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3008 RMK AO2 T02700241 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 44000 | 47 | BKN | 15000 - 40000 | 35 | FEW@31000 | KSCD 121455Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM FEW310 29/25 A3009 RMK AO2 T02850248 51010 $ | ||