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 | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 21 | CLR | KPDC 060555Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A3007 RMK AO2 T02120201 10244 20207 402810193 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 13 | CLR | KPDC 060655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3007 RMK AO2 T02040199 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 11 | CLR | KPDC 060755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3006 RMK AO2 T01960196 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 3 | BKN@600 | KPDC 060855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BKN006 19/19 A3006 RMK AO2 T01940194 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | SCT@600 SCT@11000 | KPDC 060955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT006 SCT110 19/19 A3006 RMK AO2 T01910191 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDC 061055Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 18/18 A3008 RMK AO2 T01820182 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDC 061155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 18/18 A3010 RMK AO2 T01820182 10211 20180 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDC 061255Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3012 RMK AO2 T01860186 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@500 SCT@900 | KPDC 061355Z AUTO 11003KT 10SM SCT005 SCT009 20/19 A3012 RMK AO2 T02020186 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 11 | CLR | KPDC 061455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A3012 RMK AO2 T02220189 | |