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 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 14 | CLR | KD09 030555Z AUTO 10013G19KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 20 | CLR | KD09 030655Z AUTO 10016G21KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A2983 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 15 | CLR | KD09 030755Z AUTO 10014G20KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 13 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 30 | CLR | KD09 030855Z AUTO 10017G25KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A2982 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 39000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 57 | FEW@5500 | KD09 030955Z AUTO 11013G22KT 10SM FEW055 19/13 A2982 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 37000 - 38000 | 50 | SCT | 36000 - 38000 | 32 | BKN@6000 | KD09 031055Z AUTO 09019G24KT 10SM BKN060 18/13 A2978 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S-W | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 38000 | 35 | SCT | 37000 - 38000 | 14 | FEW@4000 SCT@5000 BKN@6000 | KD09 031155Z AUTO 11011G19KT 10SM FEW040 SCT050 BKN060 19/14 A2982 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW P0001 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 38000 | 4 | SCT | 38000 - 39000 | 2 | BKN@4800 OVC@10000 | KD09 031255Z AUTO 15005KT 6SM VCTS RA BR BKN048 OVC100 16/16 A2987 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 38000 | 1 | SCT | 36000 - 38000 | 14 | FEW@300 SCT@5000 BKN@9000 | KD09 031355Z AUTO 26005G15KT 4SM VCTS RA BR FEW003 SCT050 BKN090 16/16 A2990 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE-SW | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 38000 | 30 | BKN | 19000 - 38000 | 59 | FEW@3600 SCT@5500 OVC@7000 | KD09 031455Z AUTO 10021G30KT 10SM VCTS FEW036 SCT055 OVC070 17/17 A2974 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E-S | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 38000 | 7 | SCT | 17000 - 38000 | 43 | SCT@11000 | KD09 031555Z AUTO 11013G20KT 10SM SCT110 17/17 A2978 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND SW | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 37000 - 38000 | 67 | OVC | 20000 - 38000 | 78 | OVC@11000 | KD09 031655Z AUTO 09017G23KT 10SM OVC110 17/17 A2976 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 36000 - 38000 | 84 | OVC | 26000 - 38000 | 78 | CLR | KD09 031755Z AUTO 11015G20KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A2972 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||