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 | 16000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 19 | CLR | KFWS 200555Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A2993 RMK AO2 T02730183 10330 20273 403620232 52007 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 19 | - | CLR | KFWS 200655Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A2993 RMK AO2 T02650184 $ | ||||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 22 | CLR | KFWS 200755Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A2993 RMK AO2 T02640180 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 15 | CLR | KFWS 200855Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A2993 RMK AO2 T02580181 53001 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 18 | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 25 | CLR | KFWS 200955Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A2993 RMK AO2 T02580195 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 20000 - 52000 | 23 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 25 | CLR | KFWS 201055Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A2993 RMK AO2 T02530200 $ | |
| 1150Z | 6:50 AM | BKN | 14000 - 51000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 23 | CLR | KFWS 201150Z 20007KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A2994 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:50 AM | BKN | 15000 - 45000 | 34 | BKN | 15000 - 38000 | 53 | CLR | KFWS 201250Z 18010KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A2993 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | BKN | 14000 - 44000 | 40 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 53 | CLR | KFWS 201353Z 19010KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2994 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 45 | CLR | KFWS 201453Z 20010KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2994 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:50 AM | OVC | 22000 - 52000 | 61 | BKN | 23000 - 42000 | 62 | CLR | KFWS 201550Z 19008KT 10SM CLR 30/21 A2994 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:50 AM | OVC | 29000 - 49000 | 72 | OVC | 16000 - 41000 | 56 | CLR | KFWS 201650Z 20005KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A2994 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:47 PM | BKN | 23000 - 52000 | 40 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 36 | CLR | KFWS 201747Z 20006KT 10SM CLR 33/21 A2992 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:51 PM | BKN | 26000 - 52000 | 40 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 36 | FEW@5500 | KFWS 201851Z 19004KT 10SM FEW055 36/21 A2989 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:49 PM | OVC | 17000 - 51000 | 60 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 60 | SCT@5500 | KFWS 201949Z 18007KT 10SM SCT055 35/21 A2987 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:47 PM | BKN | 13000 - 53000 | 57 | OVC | 14000 - 47000 | 66 | SCT@6000 | KFWS 202047Z 20003KT 10SM SCT060 36/20 A2984 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:50 PM | SCT | 29000 - 49000 | 41 | BKN | 21000 - 51000 | 57 | BKN@6500 | KFWS 202150Z 21016KT 10SM BKN065 32/20 A2984 | ||
| 2250Z | 5:52 PM | BKN | 37000 - 46000 | 66 | BKN | 34000 - 40000 | 73 | FEW@2900 BKN@7000 | KFWS 202252Z 10009KT 10SM FEW029 BKN070 27/22 A2989 | ||
| 2350Z | 6:51 PM | OVC | 32000 - 40000 | 89 | OVC | 23000 - 40000 | 78 | SCT@7000 | KFWS 202351Z 13005KT 10SM SCT070 27/20 A2987 | ||
| 0050Z | 7:55 PM | BKN | 15000 - 38000 | 60 | BKN | 16000 - 37000 | 64 | SCT@14000 BKN@17000 | KFWS 210055Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM SCT140 BKN170 26/21 A2987 RMK AO2 PRESRR T02650210 $ | ||