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 | ||
| 0150Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 13 | CLR | KDTA 150655Z AUTO 16015KT 10SM CLR 23/M07 A3004 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0250Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 18 | CLR | KDTA 150755Z AUTO 16016KT 10SM CLR 22/M08 A3004 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0350Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 40 | CLR | KDTA 150855Z AUTO 17014KT 10SM CLR 21/M08 A3003 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0450Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 40000 | 40 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 38 | CLR | KDTA 150955Z AUTO 16016KT 10SM CLR 22/M07 A3004 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0550Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 25 | CLR | KDTA 151055Z AUTO 16014KT 10SM CLR 20/M07 A3005 RMK AO1 | ||