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 | SCT@3000 SCT@3500 OVC@4300 | KMCD 300455Z AUTO 29011G17KT 10SM SCT030 SCT035 OVC043 07/02 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4000 FEW@4500 | KMCD 300555Z AUTO 29012G17KT 10SM FEW040 FEW045 07/03 A3016 RMK AO2 10084 20067 | ||