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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KSHD 250455Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 06/06 A3029 RMK AO2 T00610061 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 1 | SCT@300 | KSHD 250555Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT003 05/05 A3027 RMK AO2 T00500050 10116 20047 401660047 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 0 | SCT@100 | KSHD 250655Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT001 05/05 A3025 RMK AO2 T00450045 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 3 | OVC@300 | KSHD 250755Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR OVC003 04/04 A3023 RMK AO2 T00390039 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 4 | OVC@100 | KSHD 250855Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG OVC001 04/04 A3023 RMK AO2 T00350035 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 32000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 1 | OVC@100 | KSHD 250955Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG OVC001 03/03 A3023 RMK AO2 T00310031 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | SCT@100 | KSHD 251055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT001 03/03 A3022 RMK AO2 T00250025 | |
| 1150Z | 8:15 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 2 | CLR | KSHD 251215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 04/04 A3023 RMK AO2 T00410041 | ||