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 - 36000 | 48 | CLR | KCFD 160555Z AUTO 11003KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3011 RMK AO2 T02410215 10277 20236 | ||||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | - | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 38 | CLR | KCFD 160655Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3010 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T02350220 | ||||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | - | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 37 | CLR | KCFD 160755Z AUTO 11003KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T02350222 | ||||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | - | OVC | 19000 - 38000 | 66 | SCT@1700 SCT@3100 | KCFD 160855Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM SCT017 SCT031 24/23 A3009 RMK AO2 T02350225 | ||||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | - | OVC | 18000 - 39000 | 68 | CLR | KCFD 160955Z AUTO 11003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3008 RMK AO2 T02360226 | ||||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | - | OVC | 23000 - 38000 | 67 | CLR | KCFD 161055Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3009 RMK AO2 T02380230 | ||||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | - | BKN | 19000 - 41000 | 64 | SCT@900 BKN@1700 | KCFD 161155Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM SCT009 BKN017 24/24 A3010 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T02400235 10241 20232 | ||||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | - | OVC | 24000 - 37000 | 72 | CLR | KCFD 161255Z AUTO 13003KT 7SM CLR 25/24 A3010 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T02470241 | ||||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | - | OVC | 21000 - 37000 | 70 | SCT@1000 | KCFD 161355Z AUTO 14004KT 7SM SCT010 26/25 A3011 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T02640250 | ||||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | - | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 62 | CLR | KCFD 161455Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3013 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W T02890242 | ||||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | - | OVC | 23000 - 37000 | 69 | SCT@2600 | KCFD 161555Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM SCT026 29/24 A3014 RMK AO2 T02870237 | ||||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | - | OVC | 24000 - 33000 | 75 | SCT@2700 SCT@3200 | KCFD 161655Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM SCT027 SCT032 29/24 A3014 RMK AO2 T02910240 | ||||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | OVC | 25000 - 33000 | 62 | OVC | 21000 - 32000 | 59 | BKN@2600 BKN@3400 BKN@4500 | KCFD 161755Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM BKN026 BKN034 BKN045 30/25 A3014 RMK AO2 T03000245 10300 20241 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 39 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 36 | SCT@3400 BKN@4300 SCT@5000 | KCFD 161855Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM SCT034 BKN043 SCT050 31/24 A3012 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S T03130241 | ||