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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 3 | CLR | KDCM 090455Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A3029 RMK AO2 | |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDCM 090555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDCM 090655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDCM 090755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDCM 090855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDCM 090955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDCM 091055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDCM 091155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3032 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDCM 091255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3033 RMK AO2 | ||