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 | OVC | 36000 - 43000 | 63 | BKN | 34000 - 46000 | 53 | CLR | KGDB 030555Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 15/12 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW 60012 T01450117 10225 20140 402470135 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 38000 - 46000 | 49 | SCT | 37000 - 46000 | 22 | CLR | KGDB 030655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/11 A2990 RMK AO2 T01460114 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 41000 - 46000 | 10 | SCT | 40000 - 46000 | 3 | SCT@6500 | KGDB 030755Z AUTO 36008KT 10SM SCT065 15/12 A2991 RMK AO2 T01450122 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 40000 - 46000 | 29 | SCT | 40000 - 46000 | 14 | BKN@4800 BKN@6000 OVC@9000 | KGDB 030855Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM VCTS BKN048 BKN060 OVC090 15/12 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND SW T01450122 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 38000 - 44000 | 35 | SCT | 39000 - 46000 | 34 | OVC@6000 | KGDB 030955Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM VCTS OVC060 15/12 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS T01450120 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 43000 | 91 | OVC | 37000 - 45000 | 81 | OVC@7000 | KGDB 031055Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM OVC070 14/12 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW T01410122 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 44000 | 90 | OVC | 30000 - 44000 | 74 | SCT@6500 OVC@7500 | KGDB 031155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM RA SCT065 OVC075 15/13 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW THRU NW P0001 60001 70013 T01450127 10150 20140 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 40000 | 74 | OVC | 28000 - 44000 | 63 | SCT@600 SCT@6000 OVC@8000 | KGDB 031255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM RA SCT006 SCT060 OVC080 15/13 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE P0008 T01450129 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 44000 | 47 | OVC | 26000 - 42000 | 52 | SCT@10000 BKN@11000 | KGDB 031355Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM SCT100 BKN110 15/14 A3000 RMK AO2 P0002 T01470137 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 26 | BKN | 14000 - 38000 | 37 | CLR | KGDB 031455Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W 60011 T01820146 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 18 | BKN | 14000 - 38000 | 32 | CLR | KGDB 031555Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 20/14 A2998 RMK AO2 T02030138 | ||