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 - 49000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 6 | CLR | KBWD 290555Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3011 RMK AO2 T01960178 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 7 | CLR | KBWD 290655Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3010 RMK AO2 T01900177 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 14 | CLR | KBWD 290755Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3010 RMK AO2 T01850176 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 49000 | 37 | OVC | 30000 - 38000 | 33 | CLR | KBWD 290855Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3009 RMK AO2 T01800176 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 5:00 AM | OVC | 30000 - 45000 | 39 | OVC | 29000 - 35000 | 42 | CLR | KBWD 291000Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3010 RMK AO2 T01760176 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 45000 | 45 | OVC | 26000 - 37000 | 40 | SCT@24000 | KBWD 291055Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT240 16/16 A3010 RMK AO2 T01600160 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 46000 | 52 | OVC | 29000 - 36000 | 57 | SCT@2000 | KBWD 291155Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT020 16/16 A3012 RMK AO2 T01590158 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 36000 | 74 | OVC | 29000 - 33000 | 74 | BKN@5500 OVC@7000 | KBWD 291255Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM BKN055 OVC070 16/16 A3013 RMK AO2 T01620160 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 33000 | 84 | OVC | 29000 - 33000 | 80 | SCT@5000 SCT@6500 OVC@20000 | KBWD 291355Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM SCT050 SCT065 OVC200 18/18 A3014 RMK AO2 T01790177 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 33000 | 82 | OVC | 28000 - 33000 | 81 | BKN@700 OVC@19000 | KBWD 291455Z AUTO 14006KT 9SM BKN007 OVC190 21/20 A3016 RMK AO2 CIG 006V008 T02070203 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 34000 | 84 | OVC | 29000 - 34000 | 84 | BKN@1000 OVC@5500 | KBWD 291555Z AUTO 16008KT 9SM BKN010 OVC055 22/20 A3016 RMK AO2 CIG 009V011 T02220202 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 36000 | 89 | OVC | 29000 - 36000 | 82 | BKN@1400 OVC@17000 | KBWD 291655Z AUTO 15007KT 9SM BKN014 OVC170 23/20 A3015 RMK AO2 CIG 013V018 T02280201 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 31000 - 36000 | 90 | OVC | 31000 - 37000 | 85 | BKN@1700 OVC@2300 | KBWD 291755Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM BKN017 OVC023 23/20 A3014 RMK AO2 CIG 014V022 T02320199 $ | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 29000 - 36000 | 88 | OVC | 31000 - 37000 | 84 | FEW@1800 OVC@2900 | KBWD 291855Z AUTO 15009KT 8SM FEW018 OVC029 23/20 A3011 RMK AO2 T02290196 $ | ||