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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 3 | CLR | KCDS 150553Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02440183 10322 20244 403330228 51009 | ||
| 0150Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 23000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 0 | CLR | KCDS 150653Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02330183 | |
| 0250Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 16000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 2 | CLR | KCDS 150753Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02220178 | |
| 0350Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | CLR | KCDS 150853Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02170172 55004 | ||