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 | ||
0450Z | 12:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 180453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02390217 403330206 | ||
0550Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 180553Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 23/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02330217 10289 20233 58002 | ||
0650Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 180653Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/22 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02330217 | ||
0750Z | 3:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 180753Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/22 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02280217 | ||
0850Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 180853Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 22/22 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02220217 55004 | ||
0950Z | 5:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 180953Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 22/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02220211 | ||
1050Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 181053Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/21 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02220211 | ||
1150Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 181153Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02330211 10239 20222 53015 | ||
1250Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 181253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02560211 | ||
1350Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 181353Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP157 T02780222 | ||
1450Z | 10:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 181453Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02940228 51010 | ||
1550Z | 11:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 181553Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP158 T03060222 | ||
1650Z | 12:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPDK 181653Z 17003KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP153 T03110217 | ||
1750Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4400 BKN@6000 | KPDK 181753Z 18007KT 10SM FEW044 BKN060 32/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP149 T03220222 10328 20233 58009 | ||
1850Z | 2:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 3 | BKN@5000 | KPDK 181853Z 00000KT 10SM BKN050 32/20 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP147 T03170200 |