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 | ||
0550Z | 12:56 AM | - | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 48 | CLR | KFRM 310556Z AUTO 06004KT 5SM BR CLR 19/18 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP243 T01890178 10228 20189 402670189 51013 | ||||
0650Z | 1:56 AM | - | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 33 | FEW@12000 | KFRM 310656Z AUTO 04003KT 5SM BR FEW120 18/17 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP244 T01830172 | ||||
0750Z | 2:56 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 18 | CLR | KFRM 310756Z AUTO 06004KT 6SM BR CLR 17/16 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP247 T01720156 | ||||
0850Z | 3:56 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 8 | SCT@4800 BKN@6500 | KFRM 310856Z AUTO 03004KT 6SM BR SCT048 BKN065 17/16 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP250 T01720156 53006 | ||||
0950Z | 4:56 AM | - | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4300 SCT@7000 | KFRM 310956Z AUTO 02003KT 7SM FEW043 SCT070 16/14 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP252 T01610144 | ||||
1050Z | 5:56 AM | - | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFRM 311056Z AUTO 01004KT 6SM BR CLR 16/14 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP257 T01560139 | ||||
1150Z | 6:56 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 7 | CLR | KFRM 311156Z AUTO 34003KT 5SM BR CLR 16/14 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP264 70001 T01560139 10189 20150 53012 | ||||
1250Z | 7:56 AM | - | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 4 | CLR | KFRM 311256Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 17/14 A3032 RMK AO2 SLP269 T01670144 | ||||
1350Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KFRM 311356Z AUTO 08005KT 7SM CLR 18/13 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP274 T01830133 | ||
1450Z | 9:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFRM 311456Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 20/14 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP275 T02000139 51012 | ||
1550Z | 10:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFRM 311556Z AUTO 07007KT 6SM HZ CLR 22/14 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP276 T02170144 |