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 | 12:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTDF 200445Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR CLR 17/17 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0550Z | 1:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTDF 200545Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
0650Z | 2:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTDF 200645Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR CLR 15/15 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0750Z | 3:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @700 | KTDF 200745Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR VV007 15/15 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0850Z | 4:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTDF 200845Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR CLR 14/13 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
0950Z | 5:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KTDF 200945Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG OVC001 13/13 A3010 RMK AO2 | ||
1050Z | 6:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KTDF 201045Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM BR OVC001 13/13 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
1150Z | 7:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KTDF 201145Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 14/14 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
1250Z | 8:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@100 | KTDF 201245Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR BKN001 17/17 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
1350Z | 9:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTDF 201345Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
1450Z | 10:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTDF 201445Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
1550Z | 11:45 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTDF 201545Z AUTO 09007KT 10SM CLR 27/19 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
1650Z | 12:45 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KTDF 201645Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR 29/15 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
1750Z | 1:45 PM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 2 | CLR | KTDF 201745Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 30/13 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
1850Z | 2:45 PM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 12 | CLR | KTDF 201845Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM CLR 30/14 A3014 RMK AO2 |