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 | ||
2350Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 48000 | 64 | BKN | 22000 - 39000 | 55 | FEW@4800 | KCDN 100455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW048 23/21 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 25000 - 36000 | 64 | BKN | 20000 - 35000 | 52 | FEW@2400 SCT@3500 BKN@4100 | KCDN 100555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW024 SCT035 BKN041 23/21 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 55 | BKN | 18000 - 34000 | 50 | OVC@1800 | KCDN 100655Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM OVC018 23/22 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 34000 | 58 | BKN | 13000 - 31000 | 43 | OVC@1400 | KCDN 100755Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM OVC014 23/22 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 41000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 30 | OVC@1200 | KCDN 100855Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM OVC012 23/22 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 55 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 15 | SCT@900 SCT@9000 | KCDN 100955Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM SCT009 SCT090 23/22 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 15 | OVC@800 | KCDN 101055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC008 22/22 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 16 | OVC@600 | KCDN 101155Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM OVC006 23/22 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND S | ||
0750Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 51 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 13 | OVC@800 | KCDN 101255Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM OVC008 24/22 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 74 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 24 | OVC@1200 | KCDN 101355Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM OVC012 25/23 A3004 RMK AO2 |