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 | 13000 - 49000 | 50 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 45 | OVC@17000 | KFWS 260555Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM OVC170 31/17 A2996 RMK AO2 T03100166 10361 20305 403840260 53006 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 23 | SCT@23000 | KFWS 260655Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM SCT230 30/17 A2995 RMK AO2 T02960171 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 30 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 38 | FEW@16000 BKN@18000 BKN@25000 | KFWS 260755Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM FEW160 BKN180 BKN250 28/17 A2995 RMK AO2 T02820174 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 20000 - 53000 | 48 | BKN | 20000 - 42000 | 52 | SCT@13000 OVC@16000 | KFWS 260855Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM SCT130 OVC160 28/18 A2996 RMK AO2 T02800178 53003 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 50000 | 32 | BKN | 14000 - 46000 | 27 | CLR | KFWS 260955Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A2998 RMK AO2 T02650179 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 49000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 23 | FEW@18000 | KFWS 261055Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM FEW180 28/18 A2996 RMK AO2 T02750175 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:47 AM | SCT | 21000 - 50000 | 22 | BKN | 15000 - 46000 | 27 | CLR | KFWS 261147Z 21008KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A2997 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:47 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 16 | CLR | KFWS 261247Z 18004KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A2998 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:47 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 14 | CLR | KFWS 261347Z 23007KT 10SM CLR 29/18 A2999 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:47 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 32 | CLR | KFWS 261447Z 27005KT 10SM CLR 33/18 A3000 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:46 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 56 | CLR | KFWS 261546Z 29008KT 8SM CLR 35/20 A3000 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:51 AM | BKN | 16000 - 36000 | 53 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 44 | CLR | KFWS 261651Z 25007KT 8SM CLR 34/21 A2998 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:48 PM | BKN | 18000 - 24000 | 51 | BKN | 18000 - 24000 | 53 | CLR | KFWS 261748Z 31008KT 8SM CLR 33/21 A3000 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:48 PM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 37 | SCT | 16000 - 24000 | 22 | CLR | KFWS 261848Z 30008KT 4SM FU CLR 32/21 A2999 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:52 PM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 51 | BKN | 13000 - 28000 | 53 | CLR | KFWS 261952Z 28006KT 2 1/2SM FU CLR 33/21 A2998 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:47 PM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 18 | CLR | KFWS 262047Z 32003KT 4SM FU CLR 36/21 A2996 | ||