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 | 13000 - 38000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 9 | CLR | KCFS 220455Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 4 | CLR | KCFS 220555Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 09/06 A3029 RMK AO2 10116 20086 | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 9 | CLR | KCFS 220655Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 09/06 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 7 | CLR | KCFS 220755Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 09/06 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 4 | CLR | KCFS 220855Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 08/05 A3029 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0940Z | 5:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 3 | CLR | KCFS 220935Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 09/06 A3030 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 19000 | 1 | CLR | KCFS 221355Z AUTO 07011G15KT 10SM CLR 12/07 A3036 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 25000 | 0 | FEW@2700 | KCFS 221455Z AUTO 06013G18KT 10SM FEW027 14/07 A3036 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 28000 | 1 | CLR | KCFS 221555Z AUTO 08009G20KT 10SM CLR 16/06 A3037 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | - | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 2 | CLR | KCFS 221655Z AUTO 08011G17KT 10SM CLR 17/03 A3037 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 3 | SCT | 15000 - 30000 | 7 | CLR | KCFS 221755Z AUTO 07011G18KT 10SM CLR 17/04 A3037 RMK AO2 10177 20085 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 10 | CLR | KCFS 221855Z AUTO 07010G16KT 10SM CLR 18/04 A3036 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 10 | CLR | KCFS 221955Z AUTO 06008KT 030V090 10SM CLR 18/06 A3035 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 7 | CLR | KCFS 222055Z AUTO 07007KT 040V100 10SM CLR 17/06 A3035 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 22000 | 1 | CLR | KCFS 222155Z AUTO 07008G15KT 10SM CLR 17/06 A3035 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2250Z | 6:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 0 | CLR | KCFS 222255Z AUTO 04009KT 10SM CLR 15/07 A3036 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2350Z | 7:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KCFS 222355Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 13/08 A3036 RMK AO2 10183 20132 | ||
| 0050Z | 8:55 PM | SCT | 20000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 4 | CLR | KCFS 230055Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 12/08 A3038 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0150Z | 9:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 3 | CLR | KCFS 230155Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 11/08 A3038 RMK AO2 | |
| 0250Z | 10:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 4 | CLR | KCFS 230255Z AUTO 06005KT 9SM CLR 11/09 A3040 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0350Z | 11:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 25000 | 2 | CLR | KCFS 230355Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3041 RMK AO2 401830080 | ||