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 - 43000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 7 | CLR | KDVP 310553Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2979 RMK AO2 T02290215 10292 20228 403300185 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 7 | SCT@10000 | KDVP 310653Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM SCT100 23/21 A2980 RMK AO2 T02250206 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 10 | SCT@10000 | KDVP 310753Z AUTO 21006KT 10SM SCT100 22/20 A2980 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N T02200201 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 7 | CLR | KDVP 310853Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A2981 RMK AO2 T02150201 | |
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@11000 | KDVP 310953Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM SCT110 22/19 A2983 RMK AO2 T02150194 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 26000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 20000 | 1 | SCT@10000 | KDVP 311053Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM SCT100 20/19 A2985 RMK AO2 T01950186 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 17000 - 43000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | SCT@10000 | KDVP 311153Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM SCT100 19/19 A2987 RMK AO2 T01920185 10228 20186 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | OVC | 35000 - 44000 | 52 | OVC | 17000 - 43000 | 51 | CLR | KDVP 311253Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A2989 RMK AO2 T01980190 | ||