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 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 60 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 23 | CLR | KHCD 070555Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3010 RMK AO2 T01930190 10219 20179 402400179 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 38 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 17 | CLR | KHCD 070655Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3008 RMK AO2 T01900186 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 16 | CLR | KHCD 070755Z AUTO 12003KT 4SM BR CLR 17/17 A3007 RMK AO2 T01740171 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 15 | SCT@6500 | KHCD 070855Z AUTO 15003KT 7SM SCT065 17/17 A3007 RMK AO2 T01710168 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 24 | SCT@7500 | KHCD 070955Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM SCT075 18/18 A3008 RMK AO2 T01810178 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 43 | OVC | 14000 - 38000 | 38 | BKN@12000 | KHCD 071055Z AUTO 09003KT 7SM BKN120 18/18 A3009 RMK AO2 T01800177 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 44000 | 32 | BKN | 15000 - 39000 | 30 | CLR | KHCD 071155Z AUTO 13005KT 4SM BR CLR 18/18 A3007 RMK AO2 7//// T01830180 10195 20167 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 44000 | 41 | OVC | 29000 - 37000 | 46 | CLR | KHCD 071255Z AUTO 13006KT 7SM CLR 19/19 A3007 RMK AO2 T01910188 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 44000 | 64 | OVC | 34000 - 38000 | 57 | SCT@2700 | KHCD 071355Z AUTO 15009KT 10SM SCT027 21/20 A3006 RMK AO2 T02050195 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 46000 | 53 | BKN | 35000 - 44000 | 61 | CLR | KHCD 071455Z AUTO 16011G15KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW T02200196 | ||