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 | SCT | 17000 - 46000 | 13 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 14 | FEW@1600 | KMFD 150452Z AUTO 01004KT 7SM FEW016 17/17 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP172 T01720167 402280167 | ||
| 0050Z | 1:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 3 | CLR | KMFD 150552Z AUTO 01004KT 6SM BR CLR 17/16 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP174 T01670161 10206 20167 51003 | ||
| 0150Z | 2:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 2 | OVC@1500 | KMFD 150652Z AUTO 02005KT 5SM BR OVC015 17/16 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP172 T01670161 | ||
| 0250Z | 3:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 1 | FEW@1400 | KMFD 150752Z AUTO 02003KT 4SM BR FEW014 16/16 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01560156 | ||
| 0350Z | 4:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 16 | FEW@2600 OVC@12000 | KMFD 150852Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR FEW026 OVC120 15/15 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP169 T01500150 55005 | ||