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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 45000 | 15 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 13 | CLR | KADS 020655Z AUTO 15009KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 10 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 14 | CLR | KADS 020755Z AUTO 15011KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3000 RMK AO2 |
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 48000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 17 | CLR | KADS 020855Z AUTO 14011G17KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 48000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 10 | CLR | KADS 020955Z AUTO 15012G18KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:35 AM | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 8 | CLR | KADS 021035Z AUTO 15008G15KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:47 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 021147Z 14010KT 10SM SKC 20/19 A2998 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 021253Z 15006KT 10SM SKC 20/19 A2998 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 021350Z 16009KT 8SM SKC 21/21 A2998 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:47 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 021447Z 17009G16KT 5SM HZ SKC 22/19 A2998 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:47 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 021547Z 16011G19KT 10SM SKC 24/18 A2996 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:47 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KADS 021647Z 18011G19KT 10SM SKC 26/17 A2994 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:47 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@2800 | KADS 021747Z 19011G23KT 10SM BKN028 27/17 A2991 | ||
| 1850Z | 12:47 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@3400 | KADS 021847Z 17012G24KT 10SM BKN034 28/17 A2986 | ||
| 1950Z | 1:47 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@3700 | KADS 021947Z 19008G24KT 10SM BKN037 28/16 A2984 | ||
| 2050Z | 2:47 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@4500 | KADS 022047Z 19011G21KT 13SM OVC045 28/16 A2983 | ||
| 2150Z | 3:49 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@4500 | KADS 022149Z 18010G21KT 13SM OVC045 28/16 A2980 | ||
| 2250Z | 4:47 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@5000 | KADS 022247Z 17013G22KT 13SM BKN050 27/16 A2979 | ||
| 2350Z | 5:47 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@5000 | KADS 022347Z 16019G24KT 13SM SCT050 26/17 A2978 | ||
| 0050Z | 6:47 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@5000 | KADS 030047Z 16012G20KT 13SM FEW050 26/17 A2979 | ||
| 0150Z | 7:47 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4300 OVC@5000 | KADS 030147Z 16011G19KT 13SM FEW043 OVC050 26/17 A2979 | ||
| 0250Z | 8:47 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 16 | FEW@4000 OVC@5000 | KADS 030247Z 17014G24KT 13SM FEW040 OVC050 26/17 A2979 | |