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 | 14000 - 29000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 29000 | 0 | SCT@5000 SCT@5500 | KADM 220555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT050 SCT055 23/20 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@5000 | KADM 220655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT050 23/20 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 0 | FEW@5000 | KADM 220755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW050 22/20 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 19 | CLR | KADM 220855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0940Z | 4:35 AM | SCT | 15000 - 28000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 1 | FEW@9500 | KADM 220935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW095 21/18 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 5 | CLR | KADM 221350Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A3007 RMK LTG DSNT NW | ||
| 1450Z | 9:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 23 | BKN@10000 | KADM 221450Z 35009KT 10SM VCTS BKN100 26/20 A3009 RMK LTG DSNT W AND NW | ||
| 1550Z | 10:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 25 | SCT@10000 | KADM 221550Z 02008KT 10SM SCT100 28/20 A3011 RMK LTG DSNT W AND NW | ||