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 - 50000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KCQF 150555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 3 | SCT@6000 SCT@7000 BKN@9000 | KCQF 150655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT060 SCT070 BKN090 27/24 A3014 RMK AO2 | |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | BKN@7000 | KCQF 150755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN070 27/24 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT@6000 BKN@7000 BKN@9000 | KCQF 150855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT060 BKN070 BKN090 28/25 A3014 RMK AO2 | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@2100 BKN@3100 OVC@4200 | KCQF 150955Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM BKN021 BKN031 OVC042 28/25 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 1 | CLR | KCQF 151055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 2 | CLR | KCQF 151155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3016 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 28000 | 4 | CLR | KCQF 151255Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3018 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 22000 | 0 | SCT@6500 | KCQF 151355Z AUTO 30006KT 10SM SCT065 29/25 A3018 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KCQF 151455Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 32000 - 51000 | 1 | SCT | 17000 - 42000 | 0 | CLR | KCQF 151555Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 5 | CLR | KCQF 151655Z AUTO 29006KT 10SM CLR 32/25 A3019 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 15000 - 34000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 6 | CLR | KCQF 151755Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A3017 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | - | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 4 | CLR | KCQF 151855Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM CLR 35/22 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||||