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 | 18000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 1 | CLR | KFDW 060455Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2990 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 1 | CLR | KFDW 060555Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2989 RMK AO1 | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 41000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 4 | CLR | KFDW 060655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2987 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 49000 | 15 | SCT | 14000 - 40000 | 20 | CLR | KFDW 060755Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2987 RMK AO1 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 15 | CLR | KFDW 060855Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2987 RMK AO1 | |
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 16 | CLR | KFDW 060955Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2988 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | CLR | KFDW 061055Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2988 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 37000 | 11 | CLR | KFDW 061155Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2990 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | CLR | KFDW 061255Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2991 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 25000 - 52000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 9 | CLR | KFDW 061355Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2992 RMK AO1 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 24000 - 51000 | 3 | SCT | 14000 - 36000 | 3 | CLR | KFDW 061455Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 30/21 A2992 RMK AO1 LTG DSNT N | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 34000 - 48000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 6 | CLR | KFDW 061555Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A2992 RMK AO1 | ||