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 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | SCT@11000 | KDCM 230455Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM VCTS SCT110 26/21 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 24 | SCT@6000 SCT@11000 | KDCM 230555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT060 SCT110 26/21 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 24 | BKN@10000 | KDCM 230655Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM BKN100 25/21 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 24 | CLR | KDCM 230755Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 23 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 28 | SCT@4000 SCT@12000 | KDCM 230855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT040 SCT120 25/21 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||