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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 11 | CLR | KCDD 100553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/11 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 5 | CLR | KCDD 100653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/09 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 19 | KCDD 100753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 09/09 A2997 RMK AO2 | |||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 11 | OVC@11000 | KCDD 100853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC110 10/09 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 5 | SCT@6000 BKN@7000 OVC@11000 | KCDD 100953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT060 BKN070 OVC110 11/11 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:54 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 4 | KCDD 101054Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 09/09 A2998 RMK AO2 | |||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KCDD 101153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 09/09 A2999 RMK AO2 | |||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDD 101253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDD 101353Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDD 101453Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 21/14 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCDD 101553Z AUTO 35006KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT@4800 | KCDD 101653Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM SCT048 23/12 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:54 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 2 | SCT@5000 | KCDD 101754Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM SCT050 24/12 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 13 | BKN@5500 BKN@6500 | KCDD 101853Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM BKN055 BKN065 23/12 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 12 | CLR | KCDD 101953Z AUTO 33007KT 310V030 10SM CLR 24/12 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:53 PM | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 13 | SCT@6500 | KCDD 102053Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM SCT065 25/12 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||