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 | 11:20 AM | OVC | 27000 - 34000 | 43 | OVC | 28000 - 33000 | 44 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 0750Z | 11:20 AM | OVC | 30000 - 39000 | 40 | OVC | 29000 - 38000 | 34 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 0850Z | 11:20 AM | SCT | 20000 - 39000 | 20 | OVC | 29000 - 37000 | 23 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 0950Z | 11:20 AM | OVC | 28000 - 39000 | 26 | OVC | 28000 - 38000 | 26 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 1050Z | 11:20 AM | OVC | 22000 - 39000 | 21 | SCT | 19000 - 39000 | 23 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 1150Z | 11:20 AM | OVC | 22000 - 36000 | 23 | SCT | 19000 - 34000 | 25 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 1250Z | 11:20 AM | BKN | 19000 - 38000 | 27 | BKN | 19000 - 34000 | 32 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 1350Z | 11:20 AM | BKN | 20000 - 31000 | 39 | BKN | 19000 - 31000 | 27 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 1450Z | 11:20 AM | SCT | 19000 - 30000 | 11 | SCT | 16000 - 31000 | 19 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 1550Z | 11:20 AM | SCT | 14000 - 30000 | 7 | SCT | 15000 - 29000 | 11 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 1650Z | 11:20 AM | BKN | 18000 - 39000 | 31 | BKN | 16000 - 34000 | 37 | KPDC 151720Z AUTO 18003KT A3006 RMK AO2 PWINO | |||
| 1750Z | 11:40 AM | BKN | 23000 - 35000 | 65 | BKN | 23000 - 33000 | 51 | CLR | KPDC 151740Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR M06/M12 A3005 RMK AO2 T10571119 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 25000 - 34000 | 58 | OVC | 24000 - 32000 | 57 | CLR | KPDC 151855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M05/M11 A3003 RMK AO2 T10501112 | ||
| 1950Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 22000 - 34000 | 51 | BKN | 17000 - 36000 | 44 | CLR | KPDC 151955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M04/M11 A3001 RMK AO2 T10411106 | ||