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 | BKN | 14000 - 43000 | 52 | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 8 | SCT@9000 | KCDA 150455Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT090 23/22 A2980 RMK AO2 T02280220 402670160 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 61 | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT@1600 BKN@7000 | KCDA 150555Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM SCT016 BKN070 22/21 A2976 RMK AO2 T02200214 10251 20220 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 44000 | 67 | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT@100 SCT@800 SCT@1200 | KCDA 150655Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM SCT001 SCT008 SCT012 22/21 A2977 RMK AO2 T02170210 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 47 | SCT | 15000 - 23000 | 4 | BKN@6000 OVC@10000 | KCDA 150755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN060 OVC100 23/21 A2976 RMK AO2 T02280212 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 10 | SCT | 15000 - 23000 | 4 | SCT@9000 | KCDA 150855Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM SCT090 22/20 A2978 RMK AO2 T02210202 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | SCT | 19000 - 33000 | 2 | SCT@3700 SCT@9000 | KCDA 150955Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM SCT037 SCT090 22/20 A2979 RMK AO2 T02180195 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT | 20000 - 33000 | 3 | SCT@1700 BKN@4200 OVC@9000 | KCDA 151055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT017 BKN042 OVC090 21/20 A2980 RMK AO2 T02100195 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 44 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 2 | CLR | KCDA 151155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A2981 RMK AO2 T02170192 10232 20210 | ||