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 | ||
| 0050Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 46000 | 71 | BKN | 36000 - 44000 | 54 | CLR | KMDS 150555Z AUTO 19014KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2990 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0150Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 18000 - 44000 | 44 | BKN | 33000 - 44000 | 44 | CLR | KMDS 150655Z AUTO 19013KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2989 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0250Z | 3:15 AM | BKN | 23000 - 46000 | 30 | BKN | 14000 - 44000 | 25 | CLR | KMDS 150815Z AUTO 18010KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2990 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0350Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 44000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 43 | CLR | KMDS 150855Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2989 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||