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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@7000 | KBFR 050455Z AUTO 22001KT 9SM BKN070 25/25 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@6500 BKN@8000 BKN@11000 | KBFR 050555Z AUTO 20002KT 8SM SCT065 BKN080 BKN110 25/25 A2995 RMK AO2 10323 20243 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | FEW@7000 | KBFR 050655Z AUTO 19002KT 8SM FEW070 24/24 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KBFR 050755Z AUTO 20002KT 7SM CLR 24/24 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND SE | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 0 | BKN@6500 | KBFR 050855Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR BKN065 24/24 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 4 | SCT@6500 SCT@9000 | KBFR 050955Z AUTO VRB01KT 8SM SCT065 SCT090 24/24 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | - | CLR | KBFR 051055Z AUTO 02001KT 6SM VCTS BR CLR 23/23 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SW | ||||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 4 | - | CLR | KBFR 051155Z AUTO VRB03KT 4SM BR CLR 23/23 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE 10250 20224 70000 | ||||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 16 | - | BKN@6000 BKN@7000 BKN@8000 | KBFR 051255Z AUTO 10010G15KT 9SM BKN060 BKN070 BKN080 25/24 A2999 RMK AO2 PRESRR | ||||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 9 | - | FEW@5000 SCT@7000 SCT@10000 | KBFR 051355Z AUTO 13008KT 10SM FEW050 SCT070 SCT100 25/22 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 27000 - 33000 | 1 | - | CLR | KBFR 051455Z AUTO 15009KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||||