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 | 14000 - 36000 | 60 | BKN | 14000 - 39000 | 48 | CLR | KFKA 180555Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 24000 - 44000 | 74 | OVC | 25000 - 40000 | 62 | SCT@4500 BKN@6000 OVC@11000 | KFKA 180655Z AUTO 24010KT 10SM VCTS SCT045 BKN060 OVC110 20/17 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 43000 | 67 | OVC | 26000 - 38000 | 63 | FEW@4000 SCT@5500 BKN@7000 | KFKA 180755Z AUTO 23009KT 9SM -RA FEW040 SCT055 BKN070 19/17 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW P0002 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 46000 | 57 | OVC | 28000 - 38000 | 59 | FEW@1200 BKN@3600 OVC@4200 | KFKA 180855Z AUTO 05004KT 8SM -RA FEW012 BKN036 OVC042 18/18 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E P0020 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 30000 - 44000 | 48 | OVC | 27000 - 38000 | 54 | SCT@4300 SCT@6000 BKN@7500 | KFKA 180955Z AUTO 18004KT 8SM SCT043 SCT060 BKN075 18/18 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W P0001 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 42000 | 78 | OVC | 14000 - 38000 | 61 | CLR | KFKA 181055Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A2995 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 36 | CLR | KFKA 181155Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 24000 - 43000 | 37 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 20 | FEW@11000 | KFKA 181255Z AUTO 21006KT 9SM FEW110 18/18 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 27 | CLR | KFKA 181355Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 18000 - 43000 | 49 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 29 | FEW@1200 | KFKA 181455Z AUTO 26008KT 10SM FEW012 22/20 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 34000 | 48 | SCT | 17000 - 28000 | 21 | FEW@1600 FEW@6500 | KFKA 181555Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM FEW016 FEW065 24/21 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 59 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 40 | OVC@1600 | KFKA 181655Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM OVC016 23/21 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||