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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 48000 | 36 | BKN | 14000 - 39000 | 45 | BKN@1000 BKN@1600 BKN@3300 | KFKN 030455Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM BKN010 BKN016 BKN033 25/22 A2983 RMK AO2 T02460221 403250216 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 36000 | 65 | BKN | 15000 - 38000 | 36 | BKN@3400 BKN@4700 | KFKN 030555Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM BKN034 BKN047 24/22 A2983 RMK AO2 T02430220 10265 20243 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 30000 | 77 | BKN | 15000 - 33000 | 37 | OVC@5500 | KFKN 030655Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM OVC055 24/22 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T02420217 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 32000 | 71 | BKN | 14000 - 33000 | 38 | OVC@1300 | KFKN 030755Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM OVC013 25/22 A2982 RMK AO2 T02450218 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 14000 - 37000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 39 | BKN@900 OVC@1400 | KFKN 030855Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM BKN009 OVC014 24/22 A2982 RMK AO2 T02410218 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 31000 | 35 | BKN@1300 OVC@1700 | KFKN 030955Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM BKN013 OVC017 24/22 A2983 RMK AO2 T02400215 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 21000 - 39000 | 70 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 34 | OVC@2100 | KFKN 031055Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM OVC021 24/21 A2985 RMK AO2 T02420211 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 47 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 29 | BKN@900 BKN@1300 BKN@2300 | KFKN 031155Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM BKN009 BKN013 BKN023 24/22 A2986 RMK AO2 70014 T02430215 10245 20240 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 18 | BKN@1100 OVC@1600 | KFKN 031255Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM BKN011 OVC016 25/22 A2987 RMK AO2 T02500216 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 9 | BKN@1600 OVC@2300 | KFKN 031355Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM BKN016 OVC023 26/21 A2987 RMK AO2 T02640210 | ||