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 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 33 | CLR | KHCD 310555Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2976 RMK AO2 T02210216 10277 20221 402920190 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 18000 - 43000 | 31 | BKN | 14000 - 40000 | 32 | CLR | KHCD 310655Z AUTO 16003KT 7SM CLR 22/21 A2976 RMK AO2 T02160213 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 15 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 21 | CLR | KHCD 310755Z AUTO 17003KT 7SM CLR 21/21 A2976 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N T02140211 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 15 | CLR | KHCD 310855Z AUTO 17003KT 5SM BR CLR 21/21 A2976 RMK AO2 T02070205 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 9 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 3 | CLR | KHCD 310955Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 21/20 A2978 RMK AO2 T02060204 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @700 | KHCD 311055Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM BR VV007 19/19 A2979 RMK AO2 T01880185 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 23000 - 42000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KHCD 311155Z AUTO 25003KT 1/2SM FG VV005 19/18 A2981 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 4 | CLR | KHCD 311255Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 21/21 A2983 RMK AO2 T02090206 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 29000 - 46000 | 40 | BKN | 16000 - 39000 | 45 | CLR | KHCD 311355Z AUTO 30006KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2986 RMK AO2 T02280225 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 42000 | 50 | BKN | 26000 - 39000 | 43 | SCT@600 | KHCD 311455Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM SCT006 23/22 A2989 RMK AO2 T02310218 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 40000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 25 | CLR | KHCD 311555Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A2990 RMK AO2 T02460198 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 12 | CLR | KHCD 311655Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A2991 RMK AO2 T02660200 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 6 | SCT | 14000 - 32000 | 5 | CLR | KHCD 311755Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A2990 RMK AO2 T02780185 10278 20185 | ||