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 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 22 | KDNS 250555Z AUTO 15007G14KT 10SM 12/05 A3013 RMK AO2 | |||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 9 | SCT@2700 BKN@3800 OVC@7500 | KDNS 250655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT027 BKN038 OVC075 11/05 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 28 | BKN@2600 OVC@3200 | KDNS 250755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN026 OVC032 11/05 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 15000 - 35000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 40 | BKN@3100 OVC@3900 | KDNS 250855Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM BKN031 OVC039 10/05 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 30 | BKN@1800 BKN@2200 | KDNS 250955Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM BKN018 BKN022 09/05 A3015 RMK AO2 | |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 29 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 30 | BKN@2200 | KDNS 251055Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM BKN022 09/04 A3015 RMK AO2 | |
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 37 | FEW@2800 OVC@3600 | KDNS 251155Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM FEW028 OVC036 08/04 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 44000 | 32 | OVC | 29000 - 38000 | 36 | OVC@2400 | KDNS 251255Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM OVC024 09/04 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 39000 | 35 | BKN | 17000 - 38000 | 41 | OVC@2200 | KDNS 251355Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM OVC022 09/05 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 38000 | 45 | OVC | 26000 - 40000 | 48 | OVC@1700 | KDNS 251455Z AUTO 11008KT 10SM OVC017 10/05 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 38000 | 45 | OVC | 18000 - 38000 | 46 | FEW@2200 OVC@3400 | KDNS 251555Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM FEW022 OVC034 11/05 A3018 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 38000 | 45 | OVC | 18000 - 38000 | 46 | OVC@3600 | KDNS 251655Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM OVC036 12/05 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 20000 - 42000 | 43 | OVC | 26000 - 37000 | 41 | OVC@3900 | KDNS 251755Z AUTO 14005G11KT 10SM OVC039 13/06 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 30000 - 42000 | 36 | OVC | 27000 - 37000 | 36 | SCT@3900 BKN@4500 | KDNS 251855Z AUTO 12010KT 9SM SCT039 BKN045 15/06 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 21000 - 41000 | 28 | OVC | 27000 - 41000 | 28 | SCT@2900 SCT@4100 BKN@5000 | KDNS 251955Z AUTO 13010G16KT 10SM SCT029 SCT041 BKN050 16/07 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | OVC | 20000 - 41000 | 29 | OVC | 25000 - 41000 | 29 | SCT@4100 SCT@5500 | KDNS 252055Z AUTO VRB06G13KT 10SM SCT041 SCT055 16/08 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | OVC | 19000 - 41000 | 30 | OVC | 20000 - 35000 | 30 | FEW@2900 FEW@3400 BKN@4500 | KDNS 252155Z AUTO 14011G16KT 10SM FEW029 FEW034 BKN045 15/08 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||