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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFWC 050555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A2994 RMK AO2 T02460212 10331 20246 403800224 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFWC 050655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2993 RMK AO2 T02450215 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFWC 050755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2993 RMK AO2 T02370212 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFWC 050855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2993 RMK AO2 T02350213 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFWC 050955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2993 RMK AO2 T02310212 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | SCT@8000 | KFWC 051055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT080 23/21 A2994 RMK AO2 T02260210 | ||||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | CLR | KFWC 051155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/21 A2995 RMK AO2 T02270210 10250 20223 | ||||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | CLR | KFWC 051255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A2996 RMK AO2 T02580219 | ||||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | CLR | KFWC 051355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/22 A2996 RMK AO2 T03000222 | ||||