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 | 12:50 AM | SCT | 32000 - 46000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFTN 040550Z AUTO 12013G18KT 4SM HZ CLR 30/24 A2989 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFTN 040655Z AUTO 13008G16KT 2 1/2SM HZ CLR 29/24 A2989 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KFTN 040755Z AUTO 14012G17KT 3/4SM HZ VV005 29/23 A2988 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFTN 040855Z AUTO 15006G15KT 1 3/4SM HZ CLR 28/24 A2988 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFTN 040955Z AUTO 13007G12KT 1 3/4SM HZ CLR 28/24 A2988 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@2100 | KFTN 041055Z AUTO 11005KT 6SM HZ BKN021 27/24 A2988 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@2000 | KFTN 041155Z AUTO 12006KT 1 1/4SM HZ OVC020 27/24 A2988 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1900 | KFTN 041255Z AUTO 09005KT 5SM HZ OVC019 27/24 A2991 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1900 | KFTN 041355Z AUTO 12008KT 1/4SM HZ OVC019 28/25 A2993 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1800 | KFTN 041450Z AUTO 09007KT M1/4SM HZ OVC018 28/24 A2994 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@2100 | KFTN 041555Z AUTO 13008KT 1/4SM HZ OVC021 29/24 A2995 RMK A01 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@2600 | KFTN 041655Z AUTO 13007KT 5SM HZ OVC026 31/24 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@3200 | KFTN 041755Z AUTO 11007KT 1/2SM HZ BKN032 33/24 A2993 RMK A01 VIS 1/4V5 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 43000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 3 | VV | KFTN 041855Z AUTO VRB03G13KT M1/4SM HZ VV000 35/24 A2990 RMK A01 VIS M1/4V5 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KFTN 041955Z AUTO VRB05G11KT 3/4SM HZ VV005 37/23 A2987 RMK A01 VIS 1/4V5 | ||