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 | OVC | 30000 - 48000 | 40 | OVC | 14000 - 42000 | 34 | CLR | KCFD 220555Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A3002 RMK AO2 T02970225 10376 20297 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 19000 - 44000 | 52 | BKN | 14000 - 42000 | 39 | CLR | KCFD 220655Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A3002 RMK AO2 T02900221 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 49000 | 25 | BKN | 14000 - 40000 | 29 | CLR | KCFD 220755Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3002 RMK AO2 T02820217 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 47000 | 13 | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 17 | CLR | KCFD 220855Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3003 RMK AO2 T02760217 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 48000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 7 | CLR | KCFD 220955Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 27/22 A3004 RMK AO2 T02700221 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | CLR | KCFD 221055Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3004 RMK AO2 T02650225 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 46000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | KCFD 221155Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3004 RMK AO2 T02600229 10297 20260 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 4 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 3 | CLR | KCFD 221255Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3007 RMK AO2 T02690237 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCFD 221355Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3007 RMK AO2 T02870237 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 38000 - 46000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 2 | CLR | KCFD 221455Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 31/23 A3008 RMK AO2 T03100226 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 29000 - 46000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | KCFD 221555Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 34/22 A3009 RMK AO2 T03360217 | ||