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 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 33 | SCT@1200 BKN@6000 | KFFM 070555Z AUTO 06007KT 10SM SCT012 BKN060 20/20 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 12 | CLR | KFFM 070655Z AUTO 09008KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 21 | OVC@1800 | KFFM 070755Z AUTO 13010KT 10SM OVC018 20/20 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 12 | CLR | KFFM 070855Z AUTO 14009G14KT 9SM CLR 20/20 A2999 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 44000 | 18 | OVC | 27000 - 44000 | 26 | FEW@1900 | KFFM 070955Z AUTO 15006KT 8SM FEW019 20/20 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 37000 - 44000 | 24 | OVC | 35000 - 42000 | 39 | FEW@600 | KFFM 071055Z AUTO 15013KT 7SM FEW006 20/20 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 48000 | 45 | BKN | 34000 - 39000 | 53 | OVC@600 | KFFM 071155Z AUTO 15014G19KT 6SM BR OVC006 20/20 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 34000 - 40000 | 64 | BKN | 34000 - 39000 | 68 | CLR | KFFM 071255Z AUTO 14011KT 7SM CLR 20/20 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 47000 | 72 | BKN | 35000 - 41000 | 63 | CLR | KFFM 071355Z AUTO 15011KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 42000 | 66 | OVC | 34000 - 43000 | 70 | CLR | KFFM 071455Z AUTO 14014KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 40000 | 83 | OVC | 32000 - 41000 | 74 | BKN@4400 BKN@5000 | KFFM 071555Z AUTO 14013G20KT 10SM BKN044 BKN050 23/22 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 40000 | 54 | BKN | 29000 - 41000 | 58 | SCT@4900 | KFFM 071655Z AUTO 14016G24KT 10SM SCT049 25/23 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 34000 - 40000 | 78 | BKN | 32000 - 40000 | 67 | CLR | KFFM 071755Z AUTO 15016G24KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | OVC | 32000 - 40000 | 80 | OVC | 29000 - 44000 | 76 | FEW@2400 SCT@4700 BKN@6000 | KFFM 071855Z AUTO 14012G21KT 10SM FEW024 SCT047 BKN060 25/24 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||