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 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | KGDB 270555Z AUTO 13003KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC003 A3004 RMK AO2 60001 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 2 | OVC@300 | KGDB 270655Z AUTO 12005KT 2SM BR OVC003 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 9 | OVC@100 | KGDB 270755Z AUTO 12004KT 1/2SM FG OVC001 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 2 | OVC@100 | KGDB 270855Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM BR OVC001 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | OVC@100 | KGDB 270955Z AUTO 09003KT 3SM BR OVC001 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | OVC@100 | KGDB 271055Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM HZ OVC001 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | BKN@100 OVC@900 | KGDB 271155Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM HZ BKN001 OVC009 A3007 RMK AO2 70025 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@100 OVC@700 | KGDB 271255Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR SCT001 OVC007 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KGDB 271355Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR OVC001 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KGDB 271455Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC001 A3013 RMK AO2 VIS 1V2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@300 BKN@800 OVC@4000 | KGDB 271555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN003 BKN008 OVC040 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@500 | KGDB 271655Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM OVC005 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@700 | KGDB 271755Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM OVC007 19/18 A3015 RMK AO2 T01910184 | ||