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 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 23 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 27 | CLR | KFWS 260555Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 23/14 A3003 RMK AO2 T02290136 10312 20229 403430200 58001 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 27 | CLR | KFWS 260655Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 23/14 A3003 RMK AO2 T02290136 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 32 | CLR | KFWS 260755Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A3002 RMK AO2 T01940143 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 19 | CLR | KFWS 260855Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3001 RMK AO2 T01850147 58006 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 40 | CLR | KFWS 260955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3001 RMK AO2 T01710148 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 57 | OVC | 30000 - 36000 | 69 | CLR | KFWS 261055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A3002 RMK AO2 T01890149 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:48 AM | OVC | 18000 - 48000 | 40 | BKN | 15000 - 38000 | 43 | CLR | KFWS 261148Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3003 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 44 | CLR | KFWS 261255Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3005 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:46 AM | OVC | 18000 - 50000 | 68 | BKN | 17000 - 46000 | 60 | CLR | KFWS 261346Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3005 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:46 AM | BKN | 14000 - 50000 | 53 | BKN | 15000 - 38000 | 59 | CLR | KFWS 261446Z 16005KT 10SM CLR 27/19 A3005 | ||