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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KFAM 050556Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// PWINO FZRANO $ | |||
| 0650Z | 1:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KFAM 050656Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | |||
| 0750Z | 2:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KFAM 050756Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | |||
| 0850Z | 3:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KFAM 050856Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// PWINO FZRANO $ | |||
| 0950Z | 4:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KFAM 050956Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | |||
| 1050Z | 5:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | KFAM 051056Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | |||||
| 1150Z | 6:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | KFAM 051156Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// 7//// PWINO FZRANO $ | |||||
| 1250Z | 7:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | - | KFAM 051256Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | |||||
| 1350Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | - | KFAM 051356Z AUTO RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO $ | |||||