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 | |||||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
0550Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 4 | CLR | KDRP 210555Z AUTO 03007G12KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 3 | CLR | KDRP 210655Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | CLR | KDRP 210755Z AUTO 01006KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 16000 - 53000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 1 | CLR | KDRP 210855Z AUTO 02009KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2991 RMK AO2 | |
0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 5 | CLR | KDRP 210955Z AUTO 03007KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 53000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | CLR | KDRP 211055Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 53000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 4 | CLR | KDRP 211155Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A2996 RMK AO2 | |
1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 5 | CLR | KDRP 211255Z AUTO 03007KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 5 | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KDRP 211355Z AUTO 04010KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 2 | CLR | KDRP 211455Z AUTO 04009KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 40000 | 2 | SCT | 16000 - 32000 | 1 | CLR | KDRP 211555Z AUTO 02008KT 10SM CLR 28/20 A3000 RMK AO2 |