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 | SCT | 14000 - 26000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | CLR | KDTA 140655Z AUTO 31007G16KT 280V360 10SM CLR 22/05 A2992 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 23000 - 24000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDTA 140755Z AUTO 32011G16KT 10SM CLR 19/01 A2995 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 2 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDTA 140855Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 17/01 A2998 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDTA 140955Z AUTO 33008KT 10SM CLR 15/01 A3001 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDTA 141055Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 14/01 A3002 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDTA 141155Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 13/00 A3006 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 5 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDTA 141255Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 12/00 A3006 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 5 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDTA 141355Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 12/00 A3009 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | CLR | KDTA 141455Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 14/M01 A3011 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDTA 141555Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM CLR 16/00 A3011 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDTA 141655Z AUTO 35004KT 10SM CLR 18/00 A3011 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KDTA 141755Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM CLR 20/00 A3011 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 2 | CLR | KDTA 141855Z AUTO 01006KT 10SM CLR 21/00 A3010 RMK AO1 | |
| 1950Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 5 | CLR | KDTA 141955Z AUTO 04007KT 10SM CLR 22/M01 A3008 RMK AO1 | ||
| 2050Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 9 | CLR | KDTA 142055Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM CLR 23/M01 A3006 RMK AO1 | ||
| 2150Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | KDTA 142155Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 23/M01 A3004 RMK AO1 | ||
| 2250Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | CLR | KDTA 142255Z AUTO 06007KT 10SM CLR 23/M01 A3001 RMK AO1 | ||