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 | 12:53 AM | BKN | 22000 - 45000 | 58 | BKN | 36000 - 47000 | 72 | FEW@5000 SCT@7000 | KFCM 080553Z AUTO 15015KT 10SM FEW050 SCT070 22/16 A2991 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW RAB24E35 SLP123 P0000 60004 T02170156 10256 20206 402890194 58033 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | OVC | 40000 - 46000 | 89 | BKN | 43000 - 46000 | 54 | BKN@10000 | KFCM 080653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM -RA BKN100 22/15 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS RAB52 SLP130 P0000 T02220150 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | BKN | 39000 - 47000 | 84 | BKN | 41000 - 51000 | 64 | FEW@3900 BKN@5000 OVC@8000 | KFCM 080753Z AUTO 10SM VCTS -RA FEW039 BKN050 OVC080 22/16 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND S RAE05B29 TSB33E48 SLP139 P0000 T02170156 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | BKN | 30000 - 44000 | 67 | BKN | 30000 - 45000 | 69 | OVC@2800 | KFCM 080853Z AUTO 14011KT 10SM OVC028 19/17 A2992 RMK AO2 PK WND 15027/0756 LTG DSNT NE RAE10 SLP126 P0003 60003 T01940167 58004 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | OVC | 28000 - 40000 | 81 | BKN | 25000 - 43000 | 66 | OVC@10000 | KFCM 080953Z AUTO 11007KT 10SM OVC100 19/17 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE RAB39E50 SLP131 P0001 T01940172 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | OVC | 31000 - 39000 | 86 | BKN | 29000 - 45000 | 68 | BKN@1800 OVC@2500 | KFCM 081053Z 09007KT 10SM BKN018 OVC025 19/17 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP130 T01940172 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | BKN | 34000 - 43000 | 74 | BKN | 34000 - 43000 | 53 | BKN@1800 BKN@2500 | KFCM 081153Z 11009KT 10SM BKN018 BKN025 19/18 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP134 60004 70008 T01940178 10222 20189 51006 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | OVC | 33000 - 39000 | 89 | BKN | 27000 - 39000 | 69 | FEW@1600 | KFCM 081253Z 10010KT 8SM -RA FEW016 19/18 A2991 RMK AO2 RAB44 SLP124 P0000 T01940183 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | OVC | 17000 - 50000 | 50 | BKN | 16000 - 37000 | 51 | FEW@12000 | KFCM 081353Z 14007KT 10SM FEW120 21/19 A2992 RMK AO2 RAE51 SLP129 P0001 T02060194 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | BKN | 20000 - 41000 | 52 | BKN | 18000 - 36000 | 50 | FEW@1100 | KFCM 081453Z 16009KT 10SM FEW011 22/20 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP126 60001 T02220200 56008 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | BKN | 15000 - 37000 | 60 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 60 | OVC@1400 | KFCM 081553Z 16006KT 7SM OVC014 23/20 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02280200 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 41 | OVC@1700 | KFCM 081653Z 17012KT 10SM OVC017 23/21 A2992 RMK AO2 RAB1554E10 SLP128 P0001 T02330206 | ||