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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 0 | SCT@2600 BKN@3400 | KFFM 210555Z AUTO 33013G18KT 10SM SCT026 BKN034 20/17 A2986 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT@4000 OVC@4800 | KFFM 210655Z AUTO 34015G25KT 10SM SCT040 OVC048 20/17 A2987 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | OVC@4200 | KFFM 210755Z AUTO 34016G22KT 10SM OVC042 19/16 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 1 | OVC@2200 | KFFM 210855Z AUTO 34013G22KT 10SM OVC022 19/16 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@2900 | KFFM 210955Z AUTO 34014G24KT 10SM BKN029 18/15 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | BKN@2200 | KFFM 211055Z AUTO 33013KT 10SM BKN022 17/15 A2994 RMK AO2 | |
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 1 | OVC@1500 | KFFM 211155Z AUTO 32011G17KT 9SM OVC015 16/15 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | BKN@1400 | KFFM 211255Z AUTO 33011G16KT 10SM BKN014 16/15 A3000 RMK AO2 | |
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | FEW@1400 FEW@3700 | KFFM 211355Z AUTO 32012G19KT 9SM FEW014 FEW037 18/15 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 43000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | FEW@1800 | KFFM 211455Z AUTO 33012KT 300V360 9SM FEW018 20/16 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2800 SCT@3300 | KFFM 211555Z AUTO 33017G22KT 9SM FEW028 SCT033 20/15 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 2 | SCT@3500 BKN@4500 | KFFM 211655Z AUTO 33018KT 9SM SCT035 BKN045 22/14 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | SCT@4500 | KFFM 211755Z AUTO 35016G25KT 10SM SCT045 23/13 A3005 RMK AO2 | |
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 4 | SCT@4700 | KFFM 211855Z AUTO 34018G24KT 10SM SCT047 24/12 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 9 | CLR | KFFM 211955Z AUTO 34018G23KT 9SM CLR 24/13 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 12 | FEW@5000 | KFFM 212055Z AUTO 35015G21KT 9SM FEW050 24/13 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 26 | CLR | KFFM 212155Z AUTO 34017KT 9SM CLR 24/12 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2250Z | 5:55 PM | - | BKN | 14000 - 36000 | 34 | CLR | KFFM 212255Z AUTO 34012G18KT 10SM CLR 23/12 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||||