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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 4 | CLR | KCQF 160555Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 43 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 16 | SCT@5000 SCT@8000 BKN@10000 | KCQF 160655Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM SCT050 SCT080 BKN100 26/24 A3013 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 35 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 24 | OVC@10000 | KCQF 160755Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM OVC100 26/23 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 20 | CLR | KCQF 160855Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 33000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 10 | CLR | KCQF 160955Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 34000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 3 | CLR | KCQF 161055Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 17000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | CLR | KCQF 161155Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||