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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | KFFM 280555Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 11/11 A3013 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | CLR | KFFM 280655Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM CLR 11/11 A3013 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 6 | CLR | KFFM 280755Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 10/10 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 0 | CLR | KFFM 280855Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM CLR 11/11 A3011 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 8 | BKN@1900 | KFFM 280955Z AUTO 09010KT 10SM BKN019 13/13 A3010 RMK AO2 | |