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 | ||
0050Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 60 | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 70 | FEW@1900 OVC@3000 | KSDA 170555Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM FEW019 OVC030 20/20 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 37000 - 45000 | 83 | OVC | 38000 - 49000 | 84 | OVC@3000 | KSDA 170655Z AUTO VRB06G12KT 10SM OVC030 20/19 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 39000 - 44000 | 79 | OVC | 40000 - 44000 | 85 | FEW@3100 | KSDA 170755Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM FEW031 19/18 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 36000 - 45000 | 78 | OVC | 38000 - 44000 | 84 | OVC@2500 | KSDA 170855Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM OVC025 19/18 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 35000 - 43000 | 63 | BKN | 35000 - 44000 | 79 | SCT@2500 BKN@3700 OVC@5000 | KSDA 170955Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM SCT025 BKN037 OVC050 18/18 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 40000 | 81 | OVC | 30000 - 42000 | 67 | BKN@3100 BKN@3700 OVC@4300 | KSDA 171055Z AUTO 02007KT 8SM BKN031 BKN037 OVC043 18/17 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 46000 | 63 | BKN | 19000 - 42000 | 55 | OVC@2700 | KSDA 171155Z AUTO 01006KT 10SM OVC027 17/17 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 52 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 45 | BKN@1000 OVC@2400 | KSDA 171255Z AUTO 02008KT 10SM BKN010 OVC024 17/17 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 28 | SCT@1400 OVC@2700 | KSDA 171355Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM SCT014 OVC027 18/16 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | OVC@3000 | KSDA 171455Z AUTO 04008G13KT 10SM OVC030 18/15 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 12 | OVC@3300 | KSDA 171555Z AUTO 04008KT 10SM OVC033 19/16 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 6 | FEW@3900 | KSDA 171655Z AUTO 04009G15KT 10SM FEW039 22/16 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 3 | BKN@4100 | KSDA 171755Z AUTO VRB06G13KT 10SM BKN041 23/16 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 8 | BKN@3100 | KSDA 171855Z AUTO VRB04G11KT 10SM BKN031 24/17 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 14 | BKN@3200 | KSDA 171955Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM BKN032 24/17 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 26 | BKN@3200 OVC@3700 | KSDA 172055Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM BKN032 OVC037 23/17 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
1650Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 11 | OVC@3300 | KSDA 172155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC033 23/17 A3006 RMK AO2 |