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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 48000 | 65 | OVC | 31000 - 42000 | 54 | CLR | KCDN 140455Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 48000 | 55 | OVC | 29000 - 41000 | 45 | CLR | KCDN 140555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 23000 - 52000 | 42 | OVC | 24000 - 39000 | 46 | CLR | KCDN 140655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 47000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 29 | CLR | KCDN 140755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 13 | CLR | KCDN 140855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | CLR | KCDN 140955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 25000 - 45000 | 8 | SCT | 16000 - 37000 | 10 | CLR | KCDN 141055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 14 | CLR | KCDN 141155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT | 15000 - 36000 | 14 | CLR | KCDN 141255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 23 | CLR | KCDN 141355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 23000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 13 | CLR | KCDN 141455Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 18 | SCT | 15000 - 36000 | 13 | CLR | KCDN 141555Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 15000 - 49000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | FEW@3300 | KCDN 141655Z AUTO 26007KT 10SM FEW033 34/26 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | CLR | KCDN 141755Z AUTO 22006G12KT 10SM CLR 35/25 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 19 | FEW@4500 FEW@5500 SCT@6500 | KCDN 141855Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW045 FEW055 SCT065 36/26 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NW | |
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 31 | CLR | KCDN 141955Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 35/24 A3005 RMK AO2 | |
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 20000 - 48000 | 56 | BKN | 14000 - 49000 | 39 | CLR | KCDN 142055Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 35/25 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | BKN | 33000 - 48000 | 56 | BKN | 22000 - 49000 | 45 | SCT@4700 SCT@5500 | KCDN 142155Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM SCT047 SCT055 32/24 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW | ||
| 2250Z | 6:55 PM | OVC | 34000 - 50000 | 59 | OVC | 31000 - 49000 | 44 | CLR | KCDN 142255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 32/25 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||