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 | 13000 - 37000 | 48 | OVC | 15000 - 36000 | 59 | OVC@4800 | KMDS 140555Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM OVC048 15/14 A3013 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 17000 - 36000 | 76 | OVC | 19000 - 36000 | 72 | OVC@4400 | KMDS 140655Z AUTO 13008KT 10SM OVC044 15/14 A3010 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 34000 | 76 | OVC | 25000 - 38000 | 72 | FEW@2100 SCT@3400 BKN@4500 | KMDS 140755Z AUTO 13011G18KT 10SM FEW021 SCT034 BKN045 15/12 A3006 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 25000 - 38000 | 81 | BKN | 22000 - 40000 | 70 | FEW@3300 BKN@4100 OVC@4800 | KMDS 140855Z AUTO 13014G21KT 10SM FEW033 BKN041 OVC048 15/11 A3003 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 38000 - 46000 | 74 | BKN | 33000 - 46000 | 52 | OVC@4100 | KMDS 140955Z AUTO 14019KT 10SM OVC041 15/10 A2999 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 40000 - 47000 | 58 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 9 | BKN@4000 OVC@4700 | KMDS 141055Z AUTO 14014G23KT 10SM BKN040 OVC047 15/10 A3004 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 29000 - 50000 | 51 | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 53 | BKN@3300 OVC@5000 | KMDS 141155Z AUTO 13015G22KT 10SM -RA BKN033 OVC050 13/11 A2997 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 51 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 41 | BKN@700 BKN@2900 OVC@9500 | KMDS 141255Z AUTO 13018G30KT 5SM -RA BR BKN007 BKN029 OVC095 12/12 A2992 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 47 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 39 | OVC@5500 | KMDS 141355Z AUTO 14022G32KT 10SM OVC055 12/12 A2988 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 50 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 45 | OVC@700 | KMDS 141455Z AUTO 15017G28KT 10SM OVC007 13/13 A2986 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 61 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 47 | BKN@600 | KMDS 141555Z AUTO 16013G25KT 10SM BKN006 14/14 A2983 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 64 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 41 | BKN@700 | KMDS 141655Z AUTO 15017G25KT 10SM -RA BKN007 14/14 A2980 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 56 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 44 | OVC@700 | KMDS 141755Z AUTO 16018G25KT 10SM OVC007 15/15 A2977 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 59 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 58 | OVC@700 | KMDS 141855Z AUTO 18013G19KT 10SM OVC007 16/16 A2976 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 13000 - 34000 | 67 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 64 | OVC@800 | KMDS 141955Z AUTO 15014G19KT 10SM OVC008 17/18 A2969 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 23 | OVC@1200 | KMDS 142055Z AUTO 19018G24KT 10SM OVC012 19/19 A2970 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 48 | OVC@1300 | KMDS 142155Z AUTO 18011G19KT 10SM OVC013 19/19 A2971 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 2250Z | 5:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 57 | BKN | 16000 - 35000 | 61 | OVC@1100 | KMDS 142255Z AUTO 20008KT 180V240 10SM OVC011 19/19 A2972 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 2350Z | 6:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 56 | OVC@1900 | KMDS 142355Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM OVC019 19/19 A2972 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0050Z | 7:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 31 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 17 | BKN@1500 OVC@2200 | KMDS 150055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN015 OVC022 19/19 A2974 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0150Z | 8:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 0 | FEW@2700 | KMDS 150155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW027 18/18 A2978 RMK AO2 TSNO | |
| 0250Z | 9:35 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMDS 150235Z AUTO 21004KT 2SM BR CLR 17/17 A2981 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0350Z | 9:35 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMDS 150235Z AUTO 21004KT 2SM BR CLR 17/17 A2981 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||