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 | 17000 - 24000 | 47 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 27 | CLR | KCFD 130555Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3011 RMK AO2 T02510239 10261 20243 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 36 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 30 | CLR | KCFD 130655Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3010 RMK AO2 T02550242 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 50 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 35 | CLR | KCFD 130755Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3010 RMK AO2 T02510243 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 23 | CLR | KCFD 130855Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3009 RMK AO2 T02500244 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 18000 - 52000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 36 | CLR | KCFD 130955Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A3010 RMK AO2 T02460242 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 53000 | 33 | BKN | 14000 - 48000 | 39 | BKN@1300 OVC@2000 | KCFD 131055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM BKN013 OVC020 25/24 A3012 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N T02460244 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 53000 | 28 | BKN | 14000 - 44000 | 32 | SCT@1500 SCT@2300 BKN@8000 | KCFD 131155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT015 SCT023 BKN080 25/24 A3012 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N T02460243 10255 20246 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 43000 | 66 | BKN | 22000 - 38000 | 60 | CLR | KCFD 131255Z AUTO 16003KT 7SM CLR 26/25 A3012 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T02560253 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 21 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 15 | OVC@900 | KCFD 131355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC009 27/26 A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW THRU NE T02730255 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 34 | SCT@1500 BKN@2200 BKN@3600 | KCFD 131455Z AUTO 25006KT 5SM RA SCT015 BKN022 BKN036 28/25 A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N THRU E T02800252 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 39000 | 56 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 58 | CLR | KCFD 131555Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3014 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND S T02870252 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 31 | CLR | KCFD 131655Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM CLR 31/24 A3012 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE THRU S T03050244 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 53 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 45 | SCT@3300 SCT@4400 SCT@10000 | KCFD 131755Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM -DZ SCT033 SCT044 SCT100 31/24 A3011 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N E AND S T03070240 10315 20246 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 16000 - 40000 | 61 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 51 | SCT@600 SCT@3400 BKN@4000 | KCFD 131855Z AUTO 05010G14KT 10SM SCT006 SCT034 BKN040 24/23 A3012 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND S T02430225 | ||