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 | 12:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 45000 | 87 | BKN | 41000 - 47000 | 71 | FEW@1900 BKN@2700 OVC@4500 | KMDS 230555Z AUTO 32009KT 9SM -RA FEW019 BKN027 OVC045 20/20 A2982 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0150Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 31000 - 46000 | 58 | BKN | 41000 - 46000 | 45 | SCT@2700 BKN@3300 OVC@6500 | KMDS 230655Z AUTO 30012KT 7SM -RA SCT027 BKN033 OVC065 20/20 A2986 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0250Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 36000 - 44000 | 58 | BKN | 37000 - 47000 | 72 | BKN@600 BKN@2800 OVC@3200 | KMDS 230755Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM -RA BR BKN006 BKN028 OVC032 19/19 A2990 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0350Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 36000 - 43000 | 52 | BKN | 34000 - 44000 | 50 | SCT@700 BKN@2800 OVC@12000 | KMDS 230855Z AUTO 32012KT 8SM -RA SCT007 BKN028 OVC120 19/19 A2991 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0450Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 28000 - 38000 | 77 | BKN | 27000 - 39000 | 75 | BKN@700 BKN@2700 OVC@3700 | KMDS 230955Z AUTO 30010G16KT 8SM -RA BKN007 BKN027 OVC037 18/18 A2993 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||