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 - 38000 | 22 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 26 | CLR | KPCD 260555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/14 A3014 RMK AO2 T01500141 10199 20143 402410116 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 47 | BKN@8500 | KPCD 260655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN085 16/14 A3013 RMK AO2 T01560144 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 63 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 56 | OVC@8500 | KPCD 260755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC085 16/15 A3011 RMK AO2 T01600151 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 29000 | 27 | SCT | 23000 - 36000 | 28 | CLR | KPCD 260855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3011 RMK AO2 T01580151 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 30000 | 10 | SCT | 26000 - 35000 | 26 | CLR | KPCD 260955Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3011 RMK AO2 T01510146 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 23000 - 37000 | 44 | SCT | 23000 - 32000 | 40 | CLR | KPCD 261055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A3012 RMK AO2 T01550138 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:15 AM | OVC | 17000 - 38000 | 66 | BKN | 14000 - 39000 | 48 | CLR | KPCD 261115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A3012 RMK AO2 T01550140 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:15 AM | BKN | 14000 - 42000 | 58 | BKN | 16000 - 37000 | 54 | BKN@8000 | KPCD 261315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN080 18/14 A3016 RMK AO2 T01760136 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 17000 - 35000 | 70 | BKN | 16000 - 36000 | 57 | OVC@8000 | KPCD 261355Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM OVC080 18/13 A3016 RMK AO2 T01810126 | ||