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 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 8 | CLR | KDCM 250455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | CLR | KDCM 250555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | CLR | KDCM 250655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND SW | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 18 | OVC | 13000 - 40000 | 16 | CLR | KDCM 250755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3006 RMK AO2 | |
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 20 | OVC | 17000 - 39000 | 17 | CLR | KDCM 250855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | |
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 11 | CLR | KDCM 250955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 22 | CLR | KDCM 251055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||