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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.

Year: Month: Day: Time Order:

 

SCP Valid UTC METAR Valid Local Satellite East SounderSatellite West SounderASOS METAR Report
Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Mid CloudsHigh CloudsLevels [ft]ECA [%]Levels ftMETAR
0450Z12:55 AMSCTSCT13000 - 450004SCT13000 - 440008CLR KDCM 250455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW
0550Z1:55 AMSCTSCT13000 - 4500015SCT13000 - 3800010CLR KDCM 250555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE
0650Z2:55 AMSCT13000 - 440006SCT13000 - 450009CLR KDCM 250655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND SW
0750Z3:55 AMSCTSCT13000 - 4500018OVC13000 - 4000016CLR KDCM 250755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3006 RMK AO2
0850Z4:55 AMSCTSCT13000 - 4500020OVC17000 - 3900017CLR KDCM 250855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE
0950Z5:55 AMSCT13000 - 440006SCT13000 - 3700011CLR KDCM 250955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A3007 RMK AO2
1050Z6:55 AMSCT13000 - 4500015SCT13000 - 3900022CLR KDCM 251055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3009 RMK AO2