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 | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 9 | CLR | KMDT 050556Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 05/M01 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP219 T00501006 10128 20039 58008 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 4 | CLR | KMDT 050656Z 04003KT 10SM CLR 04/M01 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP218 T00391006 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 19 | CLR | KMDT 050756Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/M01 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP218 T00331011 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 21000 | 45 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 14 | CLR | KMDT 050856Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 04/M01 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP211 T00391006 58009 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 22 | FEW@12000 FEW@17000 | KMDT 050956Z 00000KT 10SM FEW120 FEW170 04/00 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP208 T00440000 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 42 | SCT | 14000 - 20000 | 16 | FEW@12000 BKN@15000 BKN@17000 | KMDT 051056Z 00000KT 10SM FEW120 BKN150 BKN170 05/01 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP203 T00500006 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 30 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 22 | FEW@15000 SCT@17000 SCT@25000 | KMDT 051156Z 10005KT 10SM FEW150 SCT170 SCT250 05/00 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP197 T00500000 10056 20022 58014 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 39 | BKN | 13000 - 27000 | 27 | BKN@17000 BKN@25000 | KMDT 051256Z 14007KT 10SM BKN170 BKN250 07/00 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP189 T00720000 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 15 | SCT@17000 BKN@25000 | KMDT 051356Z 15007KT 10SM SCT170 BKN250 09/01 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP177 T00890006 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 11 | FEW@17000 BKN@25000 | KMDT 051456Z 11006KT 10SM FEW170 BKN250 12/M01 A2999 RMK AO2 PRESFR SLP156 T01221011 58041 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 2 | FEW@16000 BKN@25000 | KMDT 051556Z 21006KT 10SM FEW160 BKN250 16/M03 A2993 RMK AO2 PRESFR SLP135 T01611033 | ||