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 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 57 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 25 | SCT@12000 | KPDC 210555Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM SCT120 11/09 A3028 RMK AO2 T01120088 10160 20110 401770073 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 24000 | 68 | SCT | 14000 - 23000 | 28 | CLR | KPDC 210655Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM CLR 12/05 A3029 RMK AO2 T01160051 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 58 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 42 | CLR | KPDC 210755Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM CLR 11/05 A3031 RMK AO2 T01080047 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 40 | CLR | KPDC 210855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/06 A3031 RMK AO2 T00950055 | ||