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 | 17000 - 46000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KCDN 090455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 43000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KCDN 090555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDN 090655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDN 090755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | CLR | KCDN 090855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDN 090955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDN 091055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDN 091155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDN 091255Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDN 091355Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 28000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KCDN 091455Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 20000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | KCDN 091555Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 29/18 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 0 | CLR | KCDN 091655Z AUTO 10007KT 050V120 10SM CLR 31/18 A3027 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDN 091755Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 32/17 A3025 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 33000 | 0 | FEW@6000 | KCDN 091855Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM FEW060 32/17 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 48000 - 48000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 1 | FEW@6500 | KCDN 091955Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM FEW065 33/17 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 22000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | FEW@6500 | KCDN 092055Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW065 33/17 A3017 RMK AO2 | |