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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMD 200455Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 19/16 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@4100 | KSMD 200555Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT041 18/16 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@4200 | KSMD 200655Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT042 17/16 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@3900 SCT@4600 | KSMD 200755Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM SCT039 SCT046 17/16 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@3900 BKN@4600 | KSMD 200855Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM BKN039 BKN046 16/16 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@3800 | KSMD 200955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BKN038 16/16 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSMD 201055Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 16/16 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 29000 | 0 | CLR | KSMD 201155Z AUTO 5SM HZ CLR RMK A01 PNO | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 19000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 10 | CLR | KSMD 201255Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 23/13 A3000 RMK A01 | |
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 53000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 14 | CLR | KSMD 201355Z AUTO 15007KT 8SM CLR 25/13 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 53000 | 18 | BKN | 14000 - 36000 | 27 | CLR | KSMD 201455Z AUTO 16007KT 7SM CLR 27/13 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 52000 | 39 | BKN | 15000 - 37000 | 40 | CLR | KSMD 201555Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 27/15 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 30000 - 52000 | 57 | OVC | 21000 - 37000 | 60 | CLR | KSMD 201655Z AUTO 00000G10KT 8SM CLR 28/16 A2997 RMK A01 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 32000 - 52000 | 35 | OVC | 27000 - 36000 | 42 | CLR | KSMD 201755Z AUTO 28006KT 8SM CLR 29/17 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 32000 - 49000 | 50 | OVC | 30000 - 38000 | 66 | FEW@4500 | KSMD 201855Z AUTO 25008KT 7SM FEW045 29/17 A2995 RMK A01 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:35 PM | BKN | 32000 - 52000 | 50 | OVC | 26000 - 37000 | 61 | FEW@4500 | KSMD 201935Z AUTO 26006G12KT 6SM HZ FEW045 30/18 A2994 RMK A01 | ||