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 | 14000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 7 | CLR | KVDF 200455Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2994 RMK AO2 T02650246 403230250 $ | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 9 | FEW@37000 | KVDF 200555Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM FEW370 26/25 A2993 RMK AO2 T02620246 10276 20261 50001 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 9 | CLR | KVDF 200655Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2992 RMK AO2 T02600246 $ | ||