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 | 12:50 AM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 17 | SCT@1300 | KDPL 210450Z AUTO 34009KT 10SM SCT013 24/23 A2976 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 1:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 17 | SCT@1300 | KDPL 210550Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM SCT013 24/23 A2974 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 2:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 15 | OVC@900 | KDPL 210650Z AUTO 34011KT 10SM OVC009 24/23 A2973 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 3:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 10 | BKN@1300 BKN@1700 | KDPL 210750Z AUTO 35011G15KT 10SM BKN013 BKN017 24/23 A2973 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 4:50 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | BKN@1300 | KDPL 210850Z AUTO 35008KT 10SM BKN013 23/22 A2974 RMK AO2 | |
0950Z | 5:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 12 | OVC@1500 | KDPL 210945Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM OVC015 24/22 A2975 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 6:45 AM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 10 | CLR | KDPL 211045Z AUTO 35009KT 7SM CLR 23/22 A2976 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 7:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 13 | BKN@1600 | KDPL 211145Z AUTO 34009G15KT 10SM BKN016 24/22 A2978 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 8:45 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | OVC@1600 | KDPL 211245Z AUTO 36011G16KT 10SM OVC016 25/22 A2979 RMK AO2 |