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 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 52 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 28 | SCT@3400 BKN@4700 | KFKA 090555Z AUTO 21007KT 9SM SCT034 BKN047 21/21 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 9 | OVC@400 | KFKA 090655Z AUTO 22008KT 7SM OVC004 21/21 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 36 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 30 | SCT@500 BKN@1900 OVC@5000 | KFKA 090755Z AUTO 24008KT 8SM SCT005 BKN019 OVC050 21/21 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 43 | SCT@500 BKN@800 OVC@6000 | KFKA 090855Z AUTO 27005KT 6SM BR SCT005 BKN008 OVC060 21/21 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 31 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 32 | OVC@6000 | KFKA 090955Z AUTO 26006KT 5SM BR OVC060 21/21 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 58 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 40 | OVC@6500 | KFKA 091055Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR OVC065 20/20 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 23 | OVC@7000 | KFKA 091155Z AUTO 29004KT 4SM BR OVC070 19/19 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 22 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 28 | CLR | KFKA 091255Z AUTO 30005KT 9SM CLR 20/20 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 51000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 10 | CLR | KFKA 091355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 50000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 18 | CLR | KFKA 091455Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 7 | CLR | KFKA 091555Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM CLR 25/16 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 19 | CLR | KFKA 091655Z AUTO 32010G16KT 10SM CLR 25/16 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 15 | CLR | KFKA 091755Z AUTO 28007G13KT 10SM CLR 26/16 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 9 | SCT@12000 | KFKA 091855Z AUTO 26011G16KT 10SM SCT120 27/15 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | BKN@11000 | KFKA 091955Z AUTO 27012KT 10SM BKN110 26/15 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFKA 092055Z AUTO 28016KT 10SM CLR 27/14 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||