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 | OVC | 21000 - 31000 | 67 | SCT | 22000 - 35000 | 28 | OVC@14000 | KFDK 050555Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM OVC140 M02/M11 A3030 RMK AO2 T10161109 10004 21016 58001 FZRANO $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 19000 - 32000 | 62 | BKN | 23000 - 37000 | 43 | OVC@11000 | KFDK 050655Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM OVC110 M02/M12 A3030 RMK AO2 T10201116 FZRANO $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 36000 | 69 | BKN | 23000 - 38000 | 43 | BKN@6500 OVC@10000 | KFDK 050755Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM BKN065 OVC100 M02/M11 A3029 RMK AO2 T10231109 FZRANO $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 35000 | 68 | BKN | 22000 - 37000 | 50 | OVC@6000 | KFDK 050855Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM OVC060 M02/M11 A3030 RMK AO2 T10241107 55000 FZRANO $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 34000 | 67 | BKN | 28000 - 36000 | 54 | OVC@5000 | KFDK 050955Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM OVC050 M03/M10 A3028 RMK AO2 T10261102 FZRANO $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 21000 - 32000 | 63 | BKN | 24000 - 35000 | 47 | OVC@4300 | KFDK 051055Z AUTO 05007KT 6SM UP OVC043 M03/M09 A3029 RMK AO2 UPB1028 P0000 T10271093 FZRANO $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 33000 | 71 | BKN | 20000 - 37000 | 41 | OVC@2900 | KFDK 051155Z 09005KT 10SM OVC029 M04/M06 A3031 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:45 AM | OVC | 17000 - 34000 | 53 | SCT | 20000 - 36000 | 25 | OVC@3000 | KFDK 051245Z 00000KT 2SM -SN BR OVC030 M04/M05 A3031 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 41 | BKN | 14000 - 35000 | 39 | BKN@900 OVC@1400 | KFDK 051350Z 07004KT 4SM BR BKN009 OVC014 M04/M05 A3030 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:47 AM | BKN | 13000 - 31000 | 47 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 20 | OVC@1600 | KFDK 051447Z 09004KT 6SM BR OVC016 M04/M05 A3030 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:47 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 19 | OVC@1600 | KFDK 051547Z 00000KT 4SM BR OVC016 M03/M05 A3023 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:47 AM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 9 | KFDK 051647Z 00000KT 5SM BR M02/M05 A3020 | |||
| 1750Z | 12:50 PM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 10 | OVC@1400 | KFDK 051750Z 00000KT 5SM -SN OVC014 M02/M04 A3023 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:45 PM | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 45 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 26 | OVC@1400 | KFDK 051845Z 00000KT 6SM BR OVC014 M02/M04 A3014 | ||