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 | ||
| 0050Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMCD 180555Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM CLR 12/09 A3015 RMK AO2 10193 20117 | ||
| 0150Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMCD 180655Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0250Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMCD 180755Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 12/10 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0350Z | 4:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMCD 180856Z AUTO 35006KT 10SM CLR 10/09 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||