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 | 18000 - 23000 | 43 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 12 | FEW@7500 OVC@10000 | KSMD 150455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW075 OVC100 23/23 A3018 RMK A01 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 18000 - 24000 | 5 | FEW@4800 BKN@12000 | KSMD 150555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW048 BKN120 23/23 A3016 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 26000 | 43 | SCT | 18000 - 24000 | 13 | OVC@10000 | KSMD 150655Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM OVC100 23/23 A3014 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:35 AM | BKN | 15000 - 23000 | 73 | SCT | 17000 - 27000 | 22 | BKN@9000 OVC@11000 | KSMD 150735Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM BKN090 OVC110 23/23 A3014 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 23000 | 75 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 40 | FEW@6500 BKN@8000 OVC@12000 | KSMD 150855Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM FEW065 BKN080 OVC120 22/22 A3014 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 71 | BKN | 17000 - 51000 | 53 | BKN@10000 OVC@12000 | KSMD 150955Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR BKN100 OVC120 22/22 A3013 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 39000 | 75 | OVC | 33000 - 49000 | 66 | BKN@12000 | KSMD 151055Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR BKN120 22/22 A3014 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 42000 | 77 | BKN | 33000 - 49000 | 64 | FEW@700 BKN@8500 OVC@11000 | KSMD 151155Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR FEW007 BKN085 OVC110 22/22 A3016 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 43000 | 86 | OVC | 35000 - 49000 | 72 | FEW@3400 SCT@6500 BKN@7500 | KSMD 151255Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR FEW034 SCT065 BKN075 22/23 A3018 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 39000 | 80 | OVC | 29000 - 44000 | 67 | BKN@3700 BKN@7000 | KSMD 151355Z AUTO VRB03KT 4SM BR BKN037 BKN070 23/23 A3017 RMK A01 P0001 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 39000 | 77 | OVC | 25000 - 44000 | 66 | SCT@1200 SCT@3200 | KSMD 151455Z AUTO 13006KT 9SM SCT012 SCT032 25/24 A3015 RMK A01 P0002 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 38000 | 76 | OVC | 28000 - 41000 | 65 | BKN@1400 BKN@2800 OVC@7500 | KSMD 151555Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM BKN014 BKN028 OVC075 25/23 A3018 RMK A01 P0012 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 27000 - 37000 | 82 | BKN | 27000 - 38000 | 64 | SCT@1300 SCT@1900 | KSMD 151655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT013 SCT019 25/23 A3014 RMK A01 P0006 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 23000 - 38000 | 75 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 48 | OVC@1500 | KSMD 151755Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM OVC015 25/23 A3011 RMK A01 P0024 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | - | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 31 | OVC@1400 | KSMD 151855Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM OVC014 26/23 A3010 RMK A01 | ||||