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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | 18000 - 45000 | 8 | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 12 | CLR | KFDR 200553Z AUTO 20010KT 10SM CLR 31/12 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP092 T03110122 10411 20306 404280250 51008 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 17 | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 19 | CLR | KFDR 200653Z AUTO 20010KT 10SM CLR 31/12 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP092 T03110122 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | BKN | 26000 - 46000 | 26 | SCT | 15000 - 45000 | 22 | CLR | KFDR 200753Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 29/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP092 T02940128 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | BKN | 14000 - 47000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 40 | CLR | KFDR 200853Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP094 T02830128 53002 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 18 | CLR | KFDR 200953Z AUTO 23007KT 10SM CLR 27/13 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP096 T02720133 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 6 | CLR | KFDR 201053Z AUTO 23011KT 10SM CLR 26/13 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02560133 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 18000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KFDR 201153Z AUTO 22012KT 10SM CLR 26/13 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP106 T02560133 10317 20256 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 17000 - 36000 | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 40000 | 1 | CLR | KFDR 201253Z AUTO 10SM CLR 26/14 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP115 T02610139 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 2 | CLR | KFDR 201353Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 30/14 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP120 T03000139 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 22000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 7 | CLR | KFDR 201453Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 34/13 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP124 T03390133 51017 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 15 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 21 | CLR | KFDR 201553Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 37/13 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP125 T03670133 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 15 | CLR | KFDR 201653Z AUTO 29006KT 10SM CLR 40/13 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP124 T04000133 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:53 PM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 29 | CLR | KFDR 201753Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM CLR 40/12 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP119 T04000122 10411 20250 58003 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 23 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 35 | CLR | KFDR 201853Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 41/12 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP113 T04110117 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 42 | CLR | KFDR 201953Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 42/12 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP109 T04220117 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:53 PM | BKN | 14000 - 38000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 48 | CLR | KFDR 202053Z AUTO 14013KT 10SM CLR 41/12 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP095 T04060117 58024 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:53 PM | - | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 26 | CLR | KFDR 202153Z AUTO 18011G18KT 10SM CLR 41/12 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP096 T04060117 | ||||