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 | 34000 - 52000 | 70 | BKN | 36000 - 52000 | 48 | SCT@4300 BKN@5000 BKN@9500 OVC@13000 | KFWS 070555Z AUTO 29014G18KT 10SM SCT043 BKN050 BKN095 OVC130 22/21 A2982 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E - W 60026 T02170209 10225 20212 403240212 53007 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 43000 - 53000 | 70 | BKN | 30000 - 53000 | 60 | OVC@2400 | KFWS 070655Z AUTO 27008KT 3SM -TSRA BR OVC024 22/22 A2985 RMK AO2 RAB0555 TSB0640 P0010 T02160215 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 33000 - 53000 | 68 | BKN | 14000 - 52000 | 70 | FEW@200 BKN@6000 OVC@13000 | KFWS 070755Z AUTO 11007KT 7SM -TSRA FEW002 BKN060 OVC130 21/21 A2981 RMK AO2 TSE0655B0734 P0114 T02050205 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 56 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 38 | SCT@300 BKN@5000 BKN@7500 | KFWS 070855Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM VCTS SCT003 BKN050 BKN075 21/21 A2982 RMK AO2 RAE0814 TSE0803 P0000 60124 T02060206 58002 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 37 | SCT@3000 SCT@3600 SCT@6500 | KFWS 070955Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM VCTS SCT030 SCT036 SCT065 20/20 A2981 RMK AO2 T02020202 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 19 | FEW@800 OVC@1700 | KFWS 071055Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM -RA BR FEW008 OVC017 21/21 A2980 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW RAB1002 P0037 T02060206 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 4 | BKN@1400 BKN@2000 OVC@3600 | KFWS 071150Z 15004KT 10SM BKN014 BKN020 OVC036 21/21 A2981 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@4200 SCT@4200 BKN@7000 | KFWS 071250Z COR 15007KT 10SM SCT042 22/22 A2981 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@600 | KFWS 071350Z 17007KT 10SM BKN006 25/25 A2982 | ||