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 | 31000 - 48000 | 45 | OVC | 27000 - 42000 | 38 | SCT@3300 | KFHB 130455Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM SCT033 26/24 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 48000 | 37 | OVC | 19000 - 41000 | 34 | CLR | KFHB 130555Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 48000 | 28 | SCT | 16000 - 41000 | 22 | CLR | KFHB 130655Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 21000 - 48000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | CLR | KFHB 130755Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 48000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 12 | CLR | KFHB 130855Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 8 | CLR | KFHB 130955Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 48000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 4 | CLR | KFHB 131055Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E AND SE | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 52000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | SCT@1400 BKN@2300 | KFHB 131155Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM SCT014 BKN023 25/24 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 48000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | CLR | KFHB 131255Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 49000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT@1000 | KFHB 131355Z AUTO 29008KT 10SM SCT010 28/25 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT@1600 | KFHB 131455Z AUTO 31007KT 10SM SCT016 30/25 A3008 RMK AO2 | |
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT@2500 | KFHB 131555Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM SCT025 31/24 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | BKN@3000 | KFHB 131655Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM BKN030 32/24 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | SCT@3600 SCT@4500 BKN@8000 | KFHB 131755Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM SCT036 SCT045 BKN080 31/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT@3800 SCT@5000 BKN@7000 | KFHB 131855Z AUTO 08005KT 1 1/4SM HZ SCT038 SCT050 BKN070 31/25 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||