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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADT 130555Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3013 RMK AO2 T01950165 10275 20195 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADT 130655Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3013 RMK AO2 T01900160 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADT 130755Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3013 RMK AO2 T01820157 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | CLR | KADT 130855Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3012 RMK AO2 T01770153 |
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 19000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 0 | CLR | KADT 130955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3013 RMK AO2 T01720149 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADT 131055Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A3013 RMK AO2 T01610141 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADT 131155Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3014 RMK AO2 T01700148 10195 20157 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADT 131255Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3015 RMK AO2 T01790155 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADT 131355Z AUTO 22008KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3015 RMK AO2 T02080159 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADT 131455Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM CLR 25/15 A3014 RMK AO2 T02470154 |