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 | 12:53 AM | OVC | 15000 - 47000 | 72 | BKN | 20000 - 41000 | 51 | SCT@8000 BKN@12000 | KFFC 190453Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM SCT080 BKN120 25/22 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND S SLP166 T02500217 403330222 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 39 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 38 | FEW@12000 | KFFC 190553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW120 24/21 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP155 60000 T02390206 10306 20239 50006 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 11 | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 23 | CLR | KFFC 190653Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02330211 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 13 | CLR | KFFC 190753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02220211 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 48000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 10 | CLR | KFFC 190853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02220211 55006 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 6 | CLR | KFFC 190953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02170211 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 4 | CLR | KFFC 191053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02170211 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | BKN@9000 | KFFC 191153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN090 23/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02330217 10244 20217 53010 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 3 | CLR | KFFC 191253Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02560222 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 9 | CLR | KFFC 191353Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E SLP164 T02720228 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 29 | FEW@2300 FEW@3300 | KFFC 191453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW023 FEW033 29/23 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02890228 53005 | ||