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 | 12:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 37 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 46 | CLR | KFRM 130556Z AUTO 03004KT 8SM CLR 21/19 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02110194 10261 20211 402780211 52004 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:56 AM | OVC | 30000 - 48000 | 77 | OVC | 31000 - 40000 | 79 | CLR | KFRM 130656Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02110194 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:56 AM | OVC | 33000 - 39000 | 75 | OVC | 32000 - 43000 | 79 | CLR | KFRM 130756Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02060189 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:56 AM | BKN | 37000 - 43000 | 82 | OVC | 37000 - 47000 | 82 | SCT@10000 | KFRM 130856Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM SCT100 21/19 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02060194 55001 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:56 AM | OVC | 40000 - 46000 | 92 | SCT | 39000 - 46000 | 41 | BKN@10000 OVC@11000 | KFRM 130956Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM -RA BKN100 OVC110 20/19 A2991 RMK AO2 RAB13 SLP124 P0001 T02000194 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 43000 - 46000 | 28 | SCT | 42000 - 45000 | 13 | SCT@7500 OVC@12000 | KFRM 131056Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM -RA SCT075 OVC120 20/19 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP127 P0002 T02000194 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@9000 | KFRM 131156Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM -RA BR OVC090 20/19 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND SW SLP128 P0004 60007 70007 T02000194 10211 20194 53001 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | 44000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 44000 - 46000 | 0 | BKN@7000 OVC@8000 | KFRM 131256Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM RA BR BKN070 OVC080 19/19 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND SW SLP133 P0010 T01940194 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:45 AM | BKN | 42000 - 44000 | 49 | BKN | 41000 - 44000 | 59 | BKN@6500 BKN@8000 OVC@9000 | KFRM 131345Z AUTO 09008KT 4SM RA BR BKN065 BKN080 OVC090 20/19 A2993 RMK AO2 P0016 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:56 AM | OVC | 37000 - 43000 | 89 | OVC | 33000 - 43000 | 73 | FEW@3400 SCT@8500 | KFRM 131456Z AUTO 08009KT 10SM -RA FEW034 SCT085 21/19 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP129 P0005 60032 T02060189 58005 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:56 AM | OVC | 27000 - 46000 | 53 | OVC | 24000 - 41000 | 51 | CLR | KFRM 131556Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2993 RMK AO2 RAE1459 SLP131 P0000 T02280200 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:56 AM | OVC | 24000 - 38000 | 71 | OVC | 27000 - 44000 | 52 | CLR | KFRM 131656Z AUTO 11010KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02330200 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:56 PM | OVC | 26000 - 46000 | 59 | OVC | 27000 - 43000 | 53 | CLR | KFRM 131756Z AUTO 09009KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 60032 T02330189 10239 20194 51004 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:56 PM | OVC | 23000 - 34000 | 73 | BKN | 22000 - 41000 | 53 | CLR | KFRM 131856Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 24/19 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02390194 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:56 PM | BKN | 20000 - 40000 | 40 | OVC | 16000 - 35000 | 48 | FEW@2500 | KFRM 131956Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM FEW025 24/19 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02440194 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:56 PM | BKN | 13000 - 27000 | 66 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 42 | CLR | KFRM 132056Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02330189 50006 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:56 PM | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 55 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 34 | CLR | KFRM 132156Z AUTO 05009KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02440194 | ||