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 | 12:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 45000 | 43 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 31 | FEW@2700 SCT@3700 SCT@4200 | KSMD 300455Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM FEW027 SCT037 SCT042 25/22 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
| 0050Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 40000 | 51 | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 40 | CLR | KSMD 300555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2994 RMK A01 | ||
| 0150Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 52 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 48 | BKN@3200 BKN@12000 | KSMD 300655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN032 BKN120 25/23 A2994 RMK A01 | ||