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 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | BKN@19000 | KJDD 150555Z AUTO 20007KT 9SM BKN190 26/24 A2998 RMK AO2 T02580244 $ | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | CLR | KJDD 150655Z AUTO 21006KT 9SM CLR 25/24 A2997 RMK AO2 T02540242 $ | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 9 | CLR | KJDD 150755Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2997 RMK AO2 T02510231 $ | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 12 | SCT@19000 | KJDD 150855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT190 24/23 A2999 RMK AO2 T02430225 $ | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | SCT@1500 | KJDD 150955Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT015 23/22 A3000 RMK AO2 T02300225 $ | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 14 | OVC@1300 | KJDD 151055Z AUTO 21005KT 9SM OVC013 25/23 A3001 RMK AO2 CIG 010V018 T02490232 $ | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 9 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT@1800 | KJDD 151155Z AUTO 18004KT 7SM SCT018 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 T02450233 $ | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@1200 | KJDD 151255Z AUTO 20004KT 7SM SCT012 25/23 A3002 RMK AO2 T02520235 $ | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@2100 | KJDD 151355Z AUTO 21005KT 7SM OVC021 26/24 A3003 RMK AO2 CIG 013V025 T02610236 $ | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | BKN@2100 OVC@2600 | KJDD 151455Z AUTO 24004KT 8SM BKN021 OVC026 27/24 A3004 RMK AO2 CIG 017V024 T02680235 $ |