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 | 24000 - 29000 | 31 | SCT | 22000 - 28000 | 27 | CLR | KEDC 020555Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2989 RMK AO2 T02810215 10328 20281 403570246 50002 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 36000 | 20 | SCT | 21000 - 32000 | 14 | CLR | KEDC 020655Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2989 RMK AO2 T02810207 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 15 | CLR | KEDC 020755Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 28/20 A2990 RMK AO2 T02760204 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 27 | CLR | KEDC 020855Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A2991 RMK AO2 T02710200 53005 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 13 | CLR | KEDC 020955Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A2992 RMK AO2 T02560201 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 51000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 12 | CLR | KEDC 021055Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A2992 RMK AO2 T02470199 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | KEDC 021155Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A2992 RMK AO2 T02440192 10286 20242 51005 $ | ||