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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 35000 | 59 | OVC | 17000 - 34000 | 67 | CLR | KDTA 130655Z AUTO 17014KT 10SM CLR 21/11 A2999 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 35000 | 49 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 44 | CLR | KDTA 130755Z AUTO 16012KT 10SM CLR 21/11 A2998 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 35000 | 63 | OVC | 20000 - 35000 | 68 | CLR | KDTA 130855Z AUTO 16014KT 10SM CLR 21/11 A2996 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 59 | OVC | 24000 - 35000 | 79 | CLR | KDTA 130955Z AUTO 16017KT 10SM CLR 20/11 A2997 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 22000 - 45000 | 63 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 62 | CLR | KDTA 131055Z AUTO 17015KT 10SM CLR 19/11 A2998 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 29 | CLR | KDTA 131155Z AUTO 18015KT 10SM CLR 19/11 A2998 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 14000 - 50000 | 40 | BKN | 15000 - 36000 | 45 | CLR | KDTA 131255Z AUTO 17013KT 10SM CLR 18/11 A3000 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 58 | CLR | KDTA 131355Z AUTO 17014KT 10SM CLR 18/11 A3001 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 39000 | 51 | BKN | 18000 - 36000 | 60 | CLR | KDTA 131455Z AUTO 17018KT 10SM CLR 20/11 A3002 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:35 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 56 | BKN | 16000 - 34000 | 58 | CLR | KDTA 131535Z AUTO 17018KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3003 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1650Z | 9:35 AM | BKN | 18000 - 36000 | 59 | OVC | 15000 - 36000 | 57 | CLR | KDTA 131535Z AUTO 17018KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3003 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1750Z | 9:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 25 | CLR | KDTA 131535Z AUTO 17018KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3003 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1850Z | 9:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 14 | CLR | KDTA 131535Z AUTO 17018KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3003 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1950Z | 9:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 6 | CLR | KDTA 131535Z AUTO 17018KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3003 RMK AO1 | ||
| 2050Z | 9:35 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 39 | CLR | KDTA 131535Z AUTO 17018KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3003 RMK AO1 | ||
| 2150Z | 9:35 AM | BKN | 20000 - 43000 | 65 | BKN | 19000 - 45000 | 72 | CLR | KDTA 131535Z AUTO 17018KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3003 RMK AO1 | ||