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 | 28000 - 47000 | 32 | OVC | 15000 - 34000 | 39 | CLR | KCAD 210455Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM CLR 11/08 A3021 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 52000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 29 | CLR | KCAD 210555Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 10/07 A3022 RMK AO2 10142 20099 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 49000 | 37 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 36 | CLR | KCAD 210655Z AUTO 05007KT 10SM CLR 10/07 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 41000 | 48 | BKN | 21000 - 36000 | 40 | CLR | KCAD 210755Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 10/07 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 37000 | 61 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 52 | CLR | KCAD 210855Z AUTO 06009KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 37000 | 57 | BKN | 20000 - 35000 | 52 | CLR | KCAD 210955Z AUTO 05010KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 46 | BKN | 17000 - 34000 | 49 | CLR | KCAD 211055Z AUTO 05007KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 42000 | 42 | OVC | 25000 - 34000 | 50 | CLR | KCAD 211155Z AUTO 06009KT 10SM CLR 08/07 A3027 RMK AO2 10101 20081 70001 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 44000 | 40 | BKN | 22000 - 37000 | 47 | CLR | KCAD 211255Z AUTO 07010G14KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 42000 | 55 | BKN | 24000 - 37000 | 48 | CLR | KCAD 211355Z AUTO 07010KT 10SM CLR 10/07 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 40000 | 50 | OVC | 24000 - 37000 | 50 | CLR | KCAD 211455Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM CLR 11/07 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 37000 | 65 | BKN | 19000 - 36000 | 53 | SCT@2200 | KCAD 211555Z AUTO 07013KT 10SM SCT022 12/07 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 13000 - 39000 | 42 | BKN | 16000 - 36000 | 45 | BKN@2800 | KCAD 211655Z AUTO 09014G19KT 10SM BKN028 14/06 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 14000 - 39000 | 44 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 42 | OVC@3000 | KCAD 211755Z AUTO 06012KT 10SM OVC030 14/06 A3027 RMK AO2 10140 20081 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 15000 - 39000 | 50 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 44 | OVC@3200 | KCAD 211855Z AUTO 05012G17KT 10SM OVC032 13/05 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 40 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 38 | OVC@3200 | KCAD 211955Z AUTO 04010KT 10SM OVC032 13/06 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||