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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 20 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 33 | CLR | KFDW 070455Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3003 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 40 | CLR | KFDW 070555Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3002 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 42 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 42 | CLR | KFDW 070655Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3001 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 15 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 35 | CLR | KFDW 070755Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3001 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 45000 | 35 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 31 | CLR | KFDW 070855Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3002 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 24 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 26 | CLR | KFDW 070955Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3003 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 24000 - 46000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 37 | CLR | KFDW 071055Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3004 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 25000 - 44000 | 54 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 39 | CLR | KFDW 071155Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3006 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 44000 | 63 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 41 | CLR | KFDW 071255Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3007 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 28000 - 45000 | 27 | BKN | 14000 - 42000 | 44 | CLR | KFDW 071355Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A3008 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 37000 - 45000 | 28 | OVC | 17000 - 41000 | 37 | CLR | KFDW 071455Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3007 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 35000 - 45000 | 50 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 33 | CLR | KFDW 071555Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A3006 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 17000 - 46000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 32 | CLR | KFDW 071655Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A3005 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 22 | CLR | KFDW 071755Z AUTO 26007KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A3004 RMK AO1 | ||