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 | 12:56 AM | OVC | 31000 - 38000 | 82 | OVC | 16000 - 40000 | 59 | CLR | KUDG 080456Z AUTO 00000KT CLR A3004 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | ||
| 0550Z | 1:56 AM | OVC | 32000 - 45000 | 58 | BKN | 31000 - 42000 | 60 | CLR | KUDG 080556Z AUTO 21005KT CLR A3004 RMK AO2 SLPNO 51003 PWINO FZRANO $ | ||
| 0650Z | 2:56 AM | BKN | 18000 - 45000 | 46 | BKN | 21000 - 43000 | 52 | CLR | KUDG 080656Z AUTO 24008KT CLR A3004 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | ||
| 0750Z | 3:56 AM | BKN | 25000 - 45000 | 48 | OVC | 19000 - 43000 | 44 | CLR | KUDG 080756Z AUTO 21005KT CLR A3004 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | ||
| 0850Z | 4:56 AM | BKN | 34000 - 46000 | 51 | OVC | 25000 - 41000 | 42 | CLR | KUDG 080856Z AUTO 22005KT CLR A3005 RMK AO2 SLPNO 53003 PWINO FZRANO $ | ||
| 0950Z | 5:56 AM | BKN | 18000 - 44000 | 37 | OVC | 27000 - 38000 | 38 | CLR | KUDG 080956Z AUTO 23004KT CLR A3006 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | ||
| 1050Z | 6:56 AM | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 14 | BKN | 15000 - 36000 | 34 | CLR | KUDG 081056Z AUTO 23004KT CLR A3009 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | ||