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 - 38000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 3 | CLR | KFFM 170555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFFM 170655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFFM 170755Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 14/14 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 32000 | 0 | CLR | KFFM 170855Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR 14/14 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@7000 | KFFM 170955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW070 13/13 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 1 | SCT@7500 | KFFM 171055Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM SCT075 13/13 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFFM 171155Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFFM 171255Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3008 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | CLR | KFFM 171355Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFFM 171455Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | FEW@6500 | KFFM 171555Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM FEW065 25/15 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | BKN@5500 BKN@7000 BKN@7500 | KFFM 171655Z AUTO 22012KT 10SM BKN055 BKN070 BKN075 26/15 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 4 | CLR | KFFM 171755Z AUTO 21013G18KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||