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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 14 | OVC@8000 | KADS 270655Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM OVC080 09/M01 A3038 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 25 | OVC@7000 | KADS 270755Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM OVC070 09/M02 A3038 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 15000 | 69 | BKN | 13000 - 16000 | 57 | FEW@7000 OVC@9000 | KADS 270855Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM FEW070 OVC090 09/M02 A3038 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 16000 | 40 | BKN@6500 OVC@8500 | KADS 270955Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM BKN065 OVC085 09/M02 A3038 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 13 | BKN@6500 OVC@9000 | KADS 271055Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM BKN065 OVC090 08/M02 A3039 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:47 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 3 | SCT@6500 OVC@9000 | KADS 271147Z 07007KT 10SM SCT065 OVC090 08/M03 A3041 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:47 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@6500 | KADS 271247Z 07005KT 10SM BKN065 08/00 A3042 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:47 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 4 | BKN@6500 | KADS 271347Z 05004KT 10SM BKN065 07/M02 A3046 | ||