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 | 5:47 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 5 | CLR | KMDH 201047Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM SKC 21/18 A2991 RMK DA 1300 | ||
| 0650Z | 5:47 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 8 | CLR | KMDH 201047Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM SKC 21/18 A2991 RMK DA 1300 | ||||
| 0750Z | 5:47 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KMDH 201047Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM SKC 21/18 A2991 RMK DA 1300 | ||
| 0850Z | 5:47 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 17 | CLR | KMDH 201047Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM SKC 21/18 A2991 RMK DA 1300 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:47 AM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 30 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 35 | CLR | KMDH 201047Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM SKC 21/18 A2991 RMK DA 1300 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:47 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 51 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 27 | CLR | KMDH 201047Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM SKC 21/18 A2991 RMK DA 1300 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:52 AM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 6 | CLR | KMDH 201152Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A2992 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:52 AM | BKN | 18000 - 50000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 34 | CLR | KMDH 201252Z 35006KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A2994 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:52 AM | OVC | 28000 - 40000 | 74 | BKN | 15000 - 38000 | 56 | CLR | KMDH 201352Z 24006KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A2995 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:52 AM | OVC | 30000 - 43000 | 63 | BKN | 24000 - 39000 | 45 | CLR | KMDH 201452Z 25005KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A2995 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:52 AM | BKN | 19000 - 47000 | 53 | BKN | 14000 - 38000 | 34 | CLR | KMDH 201552Z 22005KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A2994 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:52 AM | SCT | 14000 - 50000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 21 | CLR | KMDH 201652Z 17005KT 10SM CLR 31/18 A2991 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:52 PM | BKN | 22000 - 51000 | 46 | BKN | 15000 - 36000 | 46 | CLR | KMDH 201752Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 33/18 A2990 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:54 PM | BKN | 15000 - 48000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 42 | CLR | KMDH 201854Z 25004KT 10SM CLR 33/18 A2988 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:57 PM | SCT | 14000 - 50000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 13 | FEW@7000 | KMDH 201957Z 23009KT 10SM FEW070 34/18 A2986 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:49 PM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | FEW@7000 | KMDH 202049Z 28008KT 10SM FEW070 35/17 A2985 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:48 PM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | CLR | KMDH 202148Z 25008KT 10SM CLR 35/16 A2983 | ||
| 2250Z | 5:53 PM | SCT | 24000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 6 | CLR | KMDH 202253Z 24006KT 10SM CLR 34/16 A2983 | ||
| 2350Z | 6:55 PM | SCT | 17000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 20000 - 36000 | 0 | CLR | KMDH 202355Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/18 A2984 | ||
| 0050Z | 7:49 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KMDH 210049Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A2958 | |
| 0150Z | 8:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KMDH 210153Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/19 A2987 | ||