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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 14 | SCT@4300 SCT@4900 BKN@10000 | KFIN 160455Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM SCT043 SCT049 BKN100 26/24 A3017 RMK AO2 T02600237 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 10 | BKN@7000 OVC@9500 | KFIN 160555Z AUTO 08008KT 10SM BKN070 OVC095 27/23 A3016 RMK AO2 60007 T02720230 10273 20245 403200241 | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 48000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 16 | OVC@9500 | KFIN 160655Z AUTO 08009G14KT 10SM OVC095 27/22 A3015 RMK AO2 T02730221 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 48000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 15 | SCT@2900 | KFIN 160755Z AUTO 07012G15KT 10SM SCT029 27/22 A3015 RMK AO2 T02700217 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 17 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | CLR | KFIN 160855Z AUTO 06009G14KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A3013 RMK AO2 T02680213 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 16 | SCT@2800 | KFIN 160950Z 06010G18KT 10SM SCT028 27/21 A3014 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:50 AM | SCT | 14000 - 48000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 6 | BKN@3400 | KFIN 161050Z 08010G18KT 10SM BKN034 27/21 A3017 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:35 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 13 | SCT@3400 | KFIN 161135Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM SCT034 27/20 A3018 RMK AO2 T02650204 | |
| 1250Z | 7:35 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 4 | SCT@3400 | KFIN 161135Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM SCT034 27/20 A3018 RMK AO2 T02650204 | |