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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:50 AM | OVC | 28000 - 35000 | 91 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 32 | OVC@1000 | KDPL 280450Z AUTO 04011G17KT 10SM -DZ OVC010 11/11 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:50 AM | BKN | 26000 - 35000 | 82 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 22 | OVC@800 | KDPL 280550Z AUTO 04009G19KT 3SM -RA BR OVC008 11/11 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:50 AM | OVC | 14000 - 33000 | 71 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 14 | OVC@600 | KDPL 280650Z AUTO 04009G20KT 3 1/2SM RA BR OVC006 11/11 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 17 | OVC@600 | KDPL 280750Z AUTO 04008G17KT 4SM -RA BR OVC006 11/11 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 31000 | 58 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | OVC@600 | KDPL 280850Z AUTO 04011G17KT 10SM -RA OVC006 11/11 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 55 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 15 | OVC@800 | KDPL 280950Z AUTO 02012G17KT 7SM OVC008 11/11 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 49 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 12 | OVC@800 | KDPL 281050Z AUTO 02015G20KT 10SM -RA OVC008 11/11 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 36 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 5 | OVC@800 | KDPL 281150Z AUTO 02015G20KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR OVC008 11/11 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 4 | OVC@800 | KDPL 281250Z AUTO 02013G22KT 3SM -RA BR OVC008 11/11 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 43 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 4 | OVC@800 | KDPL 281350Z AUTO 02015G24KT 5SM DZ BR OVC008 11/11 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 28 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 5 | OVC@800 | KDPL 281450Z AUTO 02015G21KT 5SM -RA BR OVC008 12/11 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 5 | OVC@800 | KDPL 281550Z AUTO 01010G15KT 7SM DZ OVC008 12/12 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:50 PM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 31 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 9 | OVC@800 | KDPL 281650Z AUTO 01014G20KT 7SM -RA BR OVC008 12/12 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:50 PM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 10 | OVC@800 | KDPL 281750Z AUTO 01013KT 4SM -RA BR OVC008 13/12 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:50 PM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 6 | OVC@800 | KDPL 281850Z AUTO 01011G19KT 5SM RA BR OVC008 13/12 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:50 PM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 3 | OVC@800 | KDPL 281950Z AUTO 01014G20KT 3 1/2SM RA BR OVC008 12/12 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||