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 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 1 | CLR | KCDA 290455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3001 RMK AO2 T01820173 402960180 | |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 1 | CLR | KCDA 290555Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 18/17 A2998 RMK AO2 T01750166 10263 20175 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 15 | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | KCDA 290655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A2998 RMK AO2 T01760168 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 16 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDA 290755Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM CLR 17/16 A2998 RMK AO2 VIS 1 1/4V5 T01700163 | |