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 | |||||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
0050Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 49000 | 8 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@600 | KFFL 210555Z AUTO 10009KT 10SM OVC006 A2995 RMK A01 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | OVC@300 | KFFL 210655Z AUTO 08008KT 5SM HZ OVC003 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 49000 | 34 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 12 | OVC@600 | KFFL 210755Z AUTO 09008KT 7SM OVC006 A2997 RMK A01 | |
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 48000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 32 | OVC@600 | KFFL 210855Z AUTO 09009KT 5SM HZ OVC006 A2995 RMK A01 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 48000 | 60 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 53 | OVC@500 | KFFL 210955Z AUTO 09007KT 5SM HZ OVC005 A2995 RMK A01 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 48000 | 66 | BKN | 16000 - 48000 | 56 | OVC@400 | KFFL 211055Z AUTO 10006KT 3SM BR OVC004 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
0650Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 39000 - 48000 | 61 | BKN | 36000 - 48000 | 58 | OVC@300 | KFFL 211155Z AUTO 10008KT 2SM BR OVC003 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 14 | OVC@300 | KFFL 211255Z AUTO 11008KT 2SM BR OVC003 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
0850Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 30 | OVC@200 | KFFL 211355Z AUTO 08009KT 1/4SM FZFG OVC002 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
0950Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 35 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 21 | OVC@300 | KFFL 211455Z AUTO 09008KT 1/2SM BR OVC003 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
1050Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 12 | OVC@500 | KFFL 211555Z AUTO 10009KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC005 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
1150Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 36 | BKN@600 | KFFL 211655Z AUTO 12008KT 5SM HZ BKN006 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
1250Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 37 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 32 | SCT@1200 | KFFL 211755Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM SCT012 A2998 RMK A01 |