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 | ||
0050Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 170555Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2996 RMK AO2 10337 20292 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 170655Z AUTO 17006KT 150V210 10SM CLR 29/22 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 170755Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 170855Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 43000 - 48000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 170955Z AUTO 20006KT 160V230 10SM CLR 27/22 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 5:47 AM | SCT | 28000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 21000 - 40000 | 0 | CLR | KADS 171047Z 19005KT 13SM SKC 26/21 A2996 | ||
0650Z | 6:47 AM | SCT | 38000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 23000 - 48000 | 1 | CLR | KADS 171147Z 21006KT 13SM SKC 26/22 A2996 | ||
0750Z | 7:47 AM | SCT | 34000 - 48000 | 4 | SCT | 24000 - 48000 | 2 | CLR | KADS 171247Z 20007KT 10SM SKC 26/23 A2999 | ||
0850Z | 8:47 AM | SCT | 31000 - 48000 | 6 | SCT | 22000 - 48000 | 6 | CLR | KADS 171347Z 21005KT 10SM SKC 27/23 A3002 | ||
0950Z | 9:47 AM | SCT | 37000 - 47000 | 5 | SCT | 15000 - 48000 | 10 | CLR | KADS 171447Z 21006KT 10SM SKC 28/22 A3003 | ||
1050Z | 10:47 AM | SCT | 29000 - 47000 | 4 | SCT | 16000 - 47000 | 8 | CLR | KADS 171547Z 19006KT 10SM SKC 29/23 A3003 | ||
1150Z | 11:47 AM | SCT | 34000 - 47000 | 5 | SCT | 18000 - 47000 | 12 | CLR | KADS 171647Z 20007KT 10SM SKC 30/20 A3003 | ||
1250Z | 12:47 PM | SCT | 28000 - 47000 | 5 | SCT | 17000 - 47000 | 10 | CLR | KADS 171747Z 20008KT 10SM SKC 32/20 A3002 | ||
1350Z | 1:48 PM | SCT | 24000 - 48000 | 4 | SCT | 19000 - 48000 | 11 | CLR | KADS 171848Z 18005KT 10SM SKC 33/20 A3000 | ||
1450Z | 2:56 PM | SCT | 32000 - 48000 | 7 | SCT | 21000 - 48000 | 12 | CLR | KADS 171956Z 18006KT 10SM SKC 34/20 A2999 | ||
1550Z | 3:50 PM | SCT | 24000 - 49000 | 4 | SCT | 16000 - 52000 | 7 | CLR | KADS 172050Z 13007G10KT 10SM SKC 35/20 A2997 |