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 | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 15 | CLR | KMCD 190455Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM CLR 08/07 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 17 | CLR | KMCD 190556Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM CLR 08/07 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 21 | CLR | KMCD 190655Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 10/07 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 46 | CLR | KMCD 190755Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 08/07 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 46000 | 53 | BKN | 27000 - 41000 | 51 | CLR | KMCD 190855Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3020 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 46000 | 53 | BKN | 28000 - 42000 | 53 | CLR | KMCD 190955Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 31 | BKN | 14000 - 41000 | 29 | CLR | KMCD 191055Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 29 | CLR | KMCD 191155Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM CLR 11/08 A3018 RMK AO2 10109 20078 70000 | |
| 1250Z | 8:56 AM | OVC | 17000 - 46000 | 23 | OVC | 18000 - 37000 | 24 | CLR | KMCD 191256Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 45000 | 18 | OVC | 18000 - 40000 | 29 | BKN@1300 | KMCD 191355Z AUTO 10009G16KT 10SM BKN013 14/12 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 28 | BKN | 18000 - 40000 | 32 | BKN@800 BKN@1400 BKN@2800 | KMCD 191456Z AUTO 09010G15KT 10SM BKN008 BKN014 BKN028 15/12 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 29 | SCT@800 SCT@2800 | KMCD 191555Z AUTO 09016G20KT 10SM SCT008 SCT028 15/13 A3015 RMK AO2 | |
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 18 | SCT | 14000 - 29000 | 21 | FEW@700 | KMCD 191655Z AUTO 09015G19KT 10SM FEW007 16/12 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 19 | CLR | KMCD 191755Z AUTO 09013G20KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3010 RMK AO2 10160 20108 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 38 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 20 | CLR | KMCD 191855Z AUTO 09007G15KT 060V130 10SM CLR 15/12 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:56 PM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 34 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 17 | CLR | KMCD 191956Z AUTO 09009G16KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 27000 | 45 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 23 | CLR | KMCD 192055Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 19 | CLR | KMCD 192155Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM CLR 15/12 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2250Z | 6:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 42 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 22 | CLR | KMCD 192255Z AUTO 09010G14KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||