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 | OVC | 17000 - 50000 | 34 | OVC | 13000 - 39000 | 27 | SCT@5000 SCT@7500 BKN@8500 | KDKB 070555Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM SCT050 SCT075 BKN085 21/13 A2995 RMK AO2 T02130131 10280 20213 403120213 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 52000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 26 | CLR | KDKB 070655Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM CLR 20/14 A2993 RMK AO2 T02010136 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 19 | CLR | KDKB 070755Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR 20/14 A2992 RMK AO2 T01950135 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 13 | CLR | KDKB 070855Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A2994 RMK AO2 T01860136 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | CLR | KDKB 070955Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A2995 RMK AO2 T01870142 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 14 | CLR | KDKB 071055Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A2995 RMK AO2 T01900142 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 23 | BKN@7500 | KDKB 071155Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM BKN075 20/14 A2998 RMK AO2 T01970143 10213 20185 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 13 | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 28 | CLR | KDKB 071255Z AUTO 12009KT 10SM CLR 22/15 A2999 RMK AO2 T02180151 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 43000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 42 | CLR | KDKB 071355Z AUTO 10010KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW T02420156 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 5 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 28 | CLR | KDKB 071455Z AUTO 10014G18KT 10SM CLR 27/15 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S THRU W T02650154 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 44000 | 42 | BKN | 16000 - 44000 | 55 | CLR | KDKB 071555Z AUTO 10016G21KT 10SM CLR 28/15 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND SW T02780149 | ||