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 | OVC | 30000 - 40000 | 84 | BKN | 26000 - 46000 | 63 | CLR | KVDF 100455Z AUTO 11003KT 10SM CLR 26/26 A2990 RMK AO2 T02590256 403280237 $ | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 27000 - 50000 | 62 | BKN | 17000 - 44000 | 55 | FEW@25000 | KVDF 100555Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM VCTS FEW250 26/25 A2990 RMK AO2 T02550254 10268 20255 50000 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 53000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 50 | SCT@30000 SCT@34000 | KVDF 100655Z AUTO 14004KT 9SM SCT300 SCT340 26/26 A2989 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW T02550255 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 19 | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 37 | BKN@19000 | KVDF 100755Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM BKN190 25/25 A2987 RMK AO2 T02550255 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 19 | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 37 | SCT@800 BKN@24000 | KVDF 100855Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM SCT008 BKN240 25/25 A2988 RMK AO2 T02540254 55006 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 41 | BKN@800 | KVDF 100955Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM VCTS BKN008 26/26 A2989 RMK AO2 T02560256 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 6:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 20 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 46 | CLR | KVDF 101035Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM VCTS CLR 26/26 A2990 RMK AO2 T02570257 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 8:35 AM | SCT | 27000 - 52000 | 26 | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 35 | FEW@2500 | KVDF 101235Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM FEW025 27/27 A2995 RMK AO2 T02660265 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 9 | CLR | KVDF 101255Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S T02710265 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | FEW@1300 | KVDF 101355Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM FEW013 29/27 A2996 RMK AO2 T02910272 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 4 | BKN@1900 | KVDF 101455Z AUTO 18011KT 10SM BKN019 31/27 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W CIG 018V023 T03070274 51015 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 5 | FEW@2600 | KVDF 101555Z AUTO 20011G19KT 10SM FEW026 31/26 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T03080261 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 8 | SCT@2800 SCT@3400 BKN@5000 | KVDF 101655Z AUTO 19010KT 10SM SCT028 SCT034 BKN050 32/26 A2996 RMK AO2 T03180264 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 1:35 PM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 24 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 10 | SCT@3300 | KVDF 101735Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM SCT033 32/25 A2995 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND E T03200255 $ | ||
| 1850Z | 2:35 PM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 5 | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 11 | SCT@3200 | KVDF 101835Z AUTO 17011G18KT 10SM SCT032 32/26 A2992 RMK AO2 T03210260 $ | ||