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 | BKN | 31000 - 47000 | 62 | OVC | 28000 - 41000 | 71 | BKN@7500 OVC@11000 | KMDD 160555Z AUTO 36010G16KT 10SM BKN075 OVC110 26/17 A3016 RMK AO2 T02560171 10350 20252 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 18000 - 49000 | 40 | OVC | 19000 - 42000 | 57 | SCT@8500 SCT@11000 | KMDD 160655Z AUTO 35013KT 10SM SCT085 SCT110 23/18 A3018 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T02320178 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 50000 | 51 | OVC | 19000 - 40000 | 54 | SCT@9500 | KMDD 160755Z AUTO 03010KT 10SM SCT095 23/17 A3018 RMK AO2 T02260173 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 51000 | 32 | BKN | 14000 - 45000 | 40 | CLR | KMDD 160855Z AUTO 04007KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A3017 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T02230169 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 30000 - 52000 | 45 | OVC | 20000 - 39000 | 56 | CLR | KMDD 160955Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A3017 RMK AO2 T02290159 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 45000 | 61 | BKN | 14000 - 40000 | 54 | CLR | KMDD 161055Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A3018 RMK AO2 T02280157 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 51 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 44 | CLR | KMDD 161155Z AUTO 08009KT 10SM CLR 23/16 A3019 RMK AO2 T02310158 10256 20223 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 20 | CLR | KMDD 161255Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A3020 RMK AO2 T02360158 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 5 | CLR | KMDD 161355Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A3023 RMK AO2 T02400163 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 15 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 4 | CLR | KMDD 161455Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM CLR 25/17 A3025 RMK AO2 T02530168 | |
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 51000 | 18 | SCT | 19000 - 51000 | 9 | CLR | KMDD 161555Z AUTO 14010KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A3026 RMK AO2 T02680169 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 52000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 11 | CLR | KMDD 161655Z AUTO 14012KT 10SM CLR 30/16 A3026 RMK AO2 T02970165 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 28 | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 16 | CLR | KMDD 161755Z AUTO 14014KT 10SM CLR 31/16 A3024 RMK AO2 T03070156 10310 20230 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 15000 - 46000 | 29 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 20 | CLR | KMDD 161855Z AUTO 15014G21KT 10SM CLR 32/14 A3022 RMK AO2 T03240145 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 17000 - 47000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 8 | CLR | KMDD 161955Z AUTO 17010G18KT 10SM CLR 33/14 A3020 RMK AO2 T03320139 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 7 | CLR | KMDD 162055Z AUTO 14015G18KT 10SM CLR 34/12 A3018 RMK AO2 T03430119 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 21000 - 47000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 4 | CLR | KMDD 162155Z AUTO 17013KT 10SM CLR 35/09 A3016 RMK AO2 T03470091 | ||