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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 31 | BKN | 14000 - 39000 | 50 | CLR | KADS 140555Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A2997 RMK AO2 10329 20276 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 50000 | 59 | BKN | 16000 - 39000 | 62 | CLR | KADS 140655Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 53 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 43 | CLR | KADS 140755Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 27/19 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 53000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 33 | CLR | KADS 140855Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 18 | CLR | KADS 140955Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:47 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 9 | CLR | KADS 141047Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 25/18 A3000 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:47 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 51000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 40000 | 0 | CLR | KADS 141147Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 25/18 A3001 | |
| 1250Z | 7:47 AM | SCT | 19000 - 38000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 3 | CLR | KADS 141247Z 00000KT 10SM SKC 25/18 A3002 | ||