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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | KCDN 280455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 7 | CLR | KCDN 280555Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 3 | CLR | KCDN 280655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KCDN 280755Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KCDN 280855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 8 | CLR | KCDN 280955Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 14 | CLR | KCDN 281055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 16 | CLR | KCDN 281155Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 19 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 21 | CLR | KCDN 281255Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 30000 - 48000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 17 | CLR | KCDN 281355Z AUTO 23009KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 34000 - 46000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 11 | CLR | KCDN 281455Z AUTO 22009KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 47000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 14 | CLR | KCDN 281555Z AUTO 26011KT 10SM CLR 33/23 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | BKN@4400 BKN@5000 | KCDN 281655Z AUTO 23011KT 10SM BKN044 BKN050 33/23 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 43 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 29 | SCT@5000 SCT@6500 | KCDN 281755Z AUTO 23009G15KT 10SM SCT050 SCT065 34/22 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:35 PM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 25 | CLR | KCDN 281835Z AUTO 25008G14KT 10SM CLR 35/22 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 24 | FEW@9000 FEW@11000 | KCDN 281955Z AUTO 23009G18KT 10SM FEW090 FEW110 35/22 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 14000 - 48000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 51 | CLR | KCDN 282055Z AUTO 26011KT 10SM VCTS CLR 34/22 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS | ||