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 | 21000 - 37000 | 12 | SCT | 17000 - 36000 | 19 | CLR | KPDC 240655Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR M03/M04 A3029 RMK AO2 T10311037 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 23000 - 43000 | 19 | SCT | 21000 - 37000 | 23 | SCT@11000 | KPDC 240755Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT110 M04/M04 A3029 RMK AO2 T10371041 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 35000 | 2 | SCT | 17000 - 34000 | 6 | CLR | KPDC 240855Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR M03/M04 A3029 RMK AO2 T10351038 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 41000 | 16 | BKN | 16000 - 38000 | 27 | SCT@11000 | KPDC 240955Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT110 M04/M04 A3027 RMK AO2 T10381042 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 18000 - 41000 | 35 | BKN | 25000 - 38000 | 41 | CLR | KPDC 241055Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR M04/M05 A3027 RMK AO2 T10411046 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 18000 - 43000 | 41 | OVC | 24000 - 39000 | 40 | BKN@11000 | KPDC 241155Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR BKN110 M05/M05 A3027 RMK AO2 T10501054 11026 21050 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 42000 | 24 | BKN | 24000 - 37000 | 36 | CLR | KPDC 241255Z AUTO 12004KT 7SM CLR M04/M04 A3026 RMK AO2 T10361042 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 22000 - 41000 | 32 | OVC | 23000 - 37000 | 45 | CLR | KPDC 241355Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR M03/M04 A3027 RMK AO2 T10351042 | ||