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 | |||||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
0450Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDI 170455Z AUTO 23002KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDI 170555Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3008 RMK AO2 10251 20188 | ||
0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDI 170655Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDI 170755Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDI 170855Z AUTO 22002KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDI 170955Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDI 171055Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | SCT@6000 | KVDI 171155Z AUTO 32001KT 10SM SCT060 18/17 A3009 RMK AO2 10193 20172 70000 | ||
1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@11000 | KVDI 171255Z AUTO VRB02KT 10SM FEW110 21/18 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | FEW@6500 | KVDI 171355Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM FEW065 23/18 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | FEW@8000 | KVDI 171455Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM FEW080 26/16 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDI 171555Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 29/16 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KVDI 171655Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 30/16 A3006 RMK AO2 |