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 | 12:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDD 170553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/10 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDD 170653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/09 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:54 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDD 170754Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/09 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDD 170853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/08 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 4 | CLR | KCDD 170953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/07 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 3 | CLR | KCDD 171053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/07 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 14 | KCDD 171153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 08/08 A3005 RMK AO2 | |||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 18 | CLR | KCDD 171253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/12 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 3 | CLR | KCDD 171353Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:54 AM | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 13 | CLR | KCDD 171454Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM CLR 21/14 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 6 | SCT | 15000 - 31000 | 0 | CLR | KCDD 171553Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDD 171653Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 23/13 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:53 PM | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 27000 | 0 | CLR | KCDD 171753Z AUTO 20007KT 150V230 10SM CLR 25/13 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 18 | CLR | KCDD 171853Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM CLR 26/13 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 43 | CLR | KCDD 171953Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM CLR 26/13 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W | ||
| 2050Z | 3:33 PM | - | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 55 | SCT@8000 | KCDD 172033Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM TS SCT080 23/14 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW THRU N | ||||