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 - 15000 | 0 | SCT | 30000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT@2400 | KCYD 200555Z AUTO 10012KT 10SM SCT024 29/24 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 38000 | 0 | SCT | 24000 - 35000 | 1 | SCT@2700 | KCYD 200655Z AUTO 10010KT 10SM SCT027 29/24 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KCYD 200755Z AUTO 10009KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 0 | CLR | KCYD 200855Z AUTO 08009KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 3 | SCT@2400 BKN@2900 BKN@3400 | KCYD 200955Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM SCT024 BKN029 BKN034 29/24 A2991 RMK AO2 | |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT@2300 | KCYD 201055Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM SCT023 29/24 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | SCT@2800 | KCYD 201155Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM SCT028 29/23 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 2 | SCT@2500 SCT@3300 | KCYD 201255Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM SCT025 SCT033 30/23 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 5 | CLR | KCYD 201355Z AUTO 07008KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 3 | SCT@2900 BKN@3800 BKN@4700 | KCYD 201455Z AUTO 07008KT 10SM SCT029 BKN038 BKN047 30/24 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 2 | CLR | KCYD 201555Z AUTO 11013KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 27000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KCYD 201655Z AUTO 07011KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 15000 - 34000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT@2800 SCT@3600 | KCYD 201755Z AUTO 08012KT 10SM SCT028 SCT036 30/23 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 17000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 29000 | 0 | SCT@2800 | KCYD 201855Z AUTO 08013KT 10SM SCT028 30/23 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 29000 | 0 | CLR | KCYD 201955Z AUTO 08012KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 34000 | 1 | SCT@100 | KCYD 202055Z AUTO 08010KT 10SM SCT001 29/23 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||