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 | SCT | 16000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 3 | SCT@100 | KFME 100455Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM SCT001 A2988 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 4 | SCT@100 | KFME 100555Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM SCT001 A2987 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT@100 | KFME 100655Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM SCT001 A2985 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 7 | CLR | KFME 100755Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM CLR A2986 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 52000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KFME 100855Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM CLR A2987 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | VV @700 | KFME 100955Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/2SM VV007 A2989 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 8 | VV @700 | KFME 101055Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM VV007 A2990 RMK AO1 | |
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 12 | CLR | KFME 101155Z AUTO 24003KT 2SM CLR A2991 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 29000 - 51000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 25 | CLR | KFME 101255Z AUTO 27005KT 5SM CLR 23/23 A2992 RMK AO1 | ||