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 | 13000 - 51000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 3 | FEW@400 SCT@5500 BKN@7500 | KBFZ 130555Z AUTO 25004KT 9SM FEW004 SCT055 BKN075 23/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 3 | FEW@4300 | KBFZ 130655Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW043 23/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KBFZ 130755Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 16000 - 51000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KBFZ 130855Z AUTO 23003KT 5SM BR CLR 22/22 A3002 RMK AO2 |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 1 | BKN@200 | KBFZ 130955Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR BKN002 21/21 A3003 RMK AO2 VIS 1/4V3 | |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 52000 | 9 | OVC@100 | KBFZ 131055Z AUTO 25003KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 21/21 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 15000 - 48000 | 10 | OVC@200 | KBFZ 131155Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC002 21/21 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 6 | OVC@200 | KBFZ 131255Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM -DZ BR OVC002 22/22 A3010 RMK AO2 VIS 1/4V2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 1 | OVC@300 | KBFZ 131355Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM OVC003 23/23 A3011 RMK AO2 | |
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 18000 - 47000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 6 | CLR | KBFZ 131455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3011 RMK AO2 | |
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 26000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 5 | CLR | KBFZ 131555Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 5 | CLR | KBFZ 131655Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3009 RMK AO2 | |
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | CLR | KBFZ 131755Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 32/22 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KBFZ 131855Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 32/20 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||