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 - 50000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 47 | CLR | KFFM 200555Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2978 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 39 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 39 | CLR | KFFM 200655Z AUTO 12005KT 7SM CLR 23/21 A2973 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 34 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 26 | FEW@6000 SCT@7500 SCT@9000 | KFFM 200755Z AUTO 21007G16KT 10SM FEW060 SCT075 SCT090 25/21 A2972 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 7 | CLR | KFFM 200855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A2975 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | KFFM 200955Z AUTO 29006KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A2974 RMK AO2 |