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 | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 11 | SCT@3200 SCT@4200 BKN@5000 | KHCD 180555Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM SCT032 SCT042 BKN050 19/18 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SE T01850180 10249 20177 402670116 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 10 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 12 | CLR | KHCD 180655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 17/17 A2995 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 25000 - 44000 | 47 | BKN | 26000 - 37000 | 49 | CLR | KHCD 180755Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A2994 RMK AO2 T01730170 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 42000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 53 | CLR | KHCD 180855Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A2994 RMK AO2 T01700166 | ||