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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 30 | OVC@1600 | KMDS 120655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC016 M07/M07 A3001 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 20 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 36 | OVC@500 | KMDS 120755Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM OVC005 M07/M07 A3003 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 39 | OVC@400 | KMDS 120855Z AUTO 30007KT 9SM OVC004 M07/M07 A3006 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 40 | OVC@400 | KMDS 120955Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM OVC004 M07/M07 A3007 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 38 | OVC@200 | KMDS 121055Z AUTO 31010KT 3/4SM BR OVC002 M06/M06 A3008 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 30000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 31000 | 50 | OVC@400 | KMDS 121155Z AUTO 32014KT 10SM OVC004 M06/M06 A3011 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 58 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 53 | OVC@600 | KMDS 121255Z AUTO 32012KT 10SM OVC006 M07/M07 A3012 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 32000 | 72 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 64 | OVC@500 | KMDS 121355Z AUTO 32017KT 10SM -SN OVC005 M06/M06 A3014 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 32000 | 63 | BKN | 22000 - 32000 | 58 | SCT@1000 SCT@1500 OVC@2400 | KMDS 121455Z AUTO 34015KT 10SM SCT010 SCT015 OVC024 M09/M09 A3016 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 33000 | 52 | BKN | 21000 - 32000 | 48 | BKN@700 OVC@1100 | KMDS 121555Z AUTO 32021KT 4SM -SN BR BKN007 OVC011 M11/M11 A3020 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||