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 | OVC | 27000 - 39000 | 61 | BKN | 27000 - 44000 | 58 | OVC@1500 | KMCD 270455Z AUTO 11013G24KT 10SM OVC015 13/11 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0050Z | 1:56 AM | BKN | 29000 - 44000 | 72 | BKN | 28000 - 48000 | 58 | BKN@700 OVC@1100 | KMCD 270556Z AUTO 10014G20KT 10SM -RA BKN007 OVC011 12/11 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0150Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 35000 - 46000 | 66 | BKN | 36000 - 47000 | 61 | OVC@300 | KMCD 270655Z AUTO 10015G26KT 4SM RA BR OVC003 12/12 A2996 RMK AO2 PK WND 10027/39 PRESFR P0006 | ||
| 0250Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 36000 - 44000 | 48 | BKN | 32000 - 46000 | 61 | BKN@100 BKN@2700 OVC@3400 | KMCD 270755Z AUTO 10016G22KT 2 1/2SM RA BR BKN001 BKN027 OVC034 12/12 A2993 RMK AO2 PRESFR P0076 VIS 2V4 | ||
| 0350Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 37000 | 86 | BKN | 25000 - 41000 | 61 | SCT@100 | KMCD 270855Z AUTO 11015G25KT 1 1/4SM -RA BR SCT001 12/11 A2991 RMK AO2 PK WND 10026/43 PRESFR P0012 VIS 3/4V1 3/4 | ||