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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 170555Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 31/20 A3017 RMK AO2 10366 20316 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 170655Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A3018 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 170756Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 30/21 A3018 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 170855Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 30/22 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 170955Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 30/22 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:47 AM | SCT | 16000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 35000 | 0 | FEW@25000 | KADS 171047Z 18005KT 13SM FEW250 29/20 A3020 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 12 | SCT | 15000 - 40000 | 4 | FEW@25000 | KADS 171150Z 19004KT 13SM FEW250 29/20 A3020 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:47 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 15 | SCT | 16000 - 37000 | 11 | CLR | KADS 171247Z 19003KT 13SM SKC 29/22 A3021 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:47 AM | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | CLR | KADS 171347Z 17003KT 13SM SKC 30/20 A3023 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:47 AM | SCT | 15000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 4 | CLR | KADS 171447Z 16005KT 13SM SKC 31/21 A3025 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:47 AM | SCT | 19000 - 42000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 4 | CLR | KADS 171547Z 16009KT 13SM SKC 33/22 A3024 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:47 AM | SCT | 16000 - 42000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | KADS 171647Z 15009KT 13SM SKC 34/22 A3023 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@4500 | KADS 171755Z 18004G12KT 13SM SCT045 34/20 A3022 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:51 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | FEW@6000 SCT@7000 SCT@9000 | KADS 171851Z 00000KT 13SM FEW060 SCT070 SCT090 35/19 A3020 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:47 PM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT@6000 | KADS 171947Z 10006KT 13SM SCT060 36/17 A3017 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:50 PM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | FEW@6500 SCT@9000 | KADS 172050Z 11007G16KT 13SM FEW065 SCT090 37/19 A3014 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:57 PM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 2 | FEW@6500 | KADS 172157Z 11009G14KT 13SM FEW065 37/17 A3013 | ||
| 2250Z | 5:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 0 | FEW@7000 SCT@11000 | KADS 172255Z 13009G15KT 13SM FEW070 SCT110 36/16 A3012 | |
| 2350Z | 6:47 PM | SCT | 24000 - 38000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KADS 172347Z 15008KT 13SM SKC 36/18 A3012 | ||
| 0050Z | 7:47 PM | SCT | 17000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KADS 180047Z 13008KT 10SM SKC 35/17 A3012 | ||