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 | 12:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KTDF 280450Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR CLR 20/20 A3002 RMK AO2 VIS 1V5 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:50 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 2 | OVC@900 | KTDF 280550Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC009 20/20 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 0650Z | 2:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | VV @700 | KTDF 280650Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM BR VV007 19/19 A3001 RMK AO2 VIS 3/4V5 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:50 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 3 | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 4 | BKN@1000 | KTDF 280750Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR BKN010 20/20 A3000 RMK AO2 VIS 1V4 | |
| 0850Z | 4:50 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 5 | BKN@1000 OVC@1900 | KTDF 280850Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN010 OVC019 20/20 A3000 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 5:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 13 | SCT@800 | KTDF 280950Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM SCT008 20/20 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 31 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 19 | OVC@300 | KTDF 281050Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC003 20/20 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 12 | OVC@300 | KTDF 281150Z AUTO 34003KT 5SM BR OVC003 21/21 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||