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 | 13000 - 35000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 5 | CLR | KDTA 010655Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3012 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 3 | BKN@12000 | KDTA 010755Z AUTO 08010KT 10SM BKN120 12/11 A3012 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 16 | CLR | KDTA 010855Z AUTO 07011KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3011 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 28000 | 0 | CLR | KDTA 010955Z AUTO 08012KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3010 RMK AO1 | ||