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 | ||
| 2350Z | 12:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@5000 SCT@16000 BKN@25000 | KDCA 240452Z 17009KT 10SM SCT050 SCT160 BKN250 24/20 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP235 T02390200 403060222 | ||
| 0050Z | 1:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@5000 FEW@16000 SCT@25000 | KDCA 240552Z 17009KT 10SM FEW050 FEW160 SCT250 23/20 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP233 T02330200 10278 20233 50000 | ||
| 0150Z | 2:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | FEW@16000 SCT@25000 | KDCA 240652Z 17008KT 10SM FEW160 SCT250 23/20 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP230 T02330200 | ||
| 0250Z | 3:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@4800 OVC@25000 | KDCA 240752Z 20006KT 10SM BKN048 OVC250 23/20 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP227 T02280200 | ||