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 | ||
| 0050Z | 12:56 AM | SCT | 17000 - 48000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 10 | CLR | KFSD 250556Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02170183 10272 20217 402830189 50006 | ||
| 0150Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 2 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KFSD 250656Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02110183 | ||
| 0250Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 16000 - 31000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 1 | CLR | KFSD 250756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01940189 | ||
| 0350Z | 3:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 2 | CLR | KFSD 250856Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01780178 57016 | ||
| 0450Z | 4:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@25000 | KFSD 250956Z 08004KT 10SM FEW250 18/18 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01830178 | ||
| 0550Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 14000 - 46000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 5 | SCT@25000 | KFSD 251056Z 00000KT 9SM SCT250 18/18 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01780178 | ||
| 0650Z | 6:56 AM | SCT | 15000 - 49000 | 5 | SCT | 15000 - 44000 | 8 | FEW@25000 | KFSD 251156Z 11003KT 8SM FEW250 19/18 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP169 T01940183 10222 20167 53006 | ||
| 0750Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | 32000 - 47000 | 8 | SCT | 21000 - 47000 | 5 | FEW@25000 | KFSD 251256Z 13007KT 10SM FEW250 22/18 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02170183 | ||
| 0850Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 25000 - 48000 | 2 | SCT | 19000 - 51000 | 1 | FEW@25000 | KFSD 251356Z 15007KT 10SM FEW250 23/19 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02330189 | ||
| 0950Z | 9:56 AM | SCT | 23000 - 52000 | 11 | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 12 | FEW@2500 SCT@25000 | KFSD 251456Z 15006KT 10SM FEW025 SCT250 25/20 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02500200 51003 | ||
| 1050Z | 10:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 19 | SCT@2000 BKN@25000 | KFSD 251556Z 16008KT 10SM SCT020 BKN250 26/21 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02560211 | ||
| 1150Z | 11:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 13 | SCT@2400 BKN@3100 BKN@25000 | KFSD 251656Z 14009KT 10SM SCT024 BKN031 BKN250 26/21 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02610206 | ||
| 1250Z | 12:56 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | BKN@2700 BKN@3700 BKN@25000 | KFSD 251756Z 14014G17KT 10SM BKN027 BKN037 BKN250 28/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02780217 10278 20194 58013 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 1:56 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 24 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | BKN@3300 BKN@25000 | KFSD 251856Z 16012KT 10SM BKN033 BKN250 28/21 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02780211 $ | |