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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | CLR | KFTN 120655Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM CLR 13/05 A2995 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 18 | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 17 | CLR | KFTN 120755Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 14/07 A2994 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 23000 - 40000 | 28 | BKN | 15000 - 36000 | 32 | CLR | KFTN 120855Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM CLR 14/09 A2993 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 16000 - 47000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 33 | CLR | KFTN 120955Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A2992 RMK A01 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 15000 - 52000 | 25 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 28 | FEW@600 | KFTN 121055Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM FEW006 13/09 A2991 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 9 | OVC@200 | KFTN 121155Z AUTO VRB06KT 1/4SM FG OVC002 14/14 A2992 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 44000 | 3 | OVC@200 | KFTN 121255Z AUTO 17005KT M1/4SM FG OVC002 14/14 A2994 RMK A01 | |
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 28000 - 38000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 0 | OVC@200 | KFTN 121355Z AUTO 16008KT M1/4SM FG OVC002 14/14 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | OVC@200 | KFTN 121455Z AUTO 17007KT M1/4SM FG OVC002 15/15 A2998 RMK A01 | |