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 - 24000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 2 | CLR | KIGQ 080555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A3018 RMK AO2 T01780141 10227 20170 402750153 | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KIGQ 080655Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3016 RMK AO2 T01670140 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | CLR | KIGQ 080755Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3016 RMK AO2 T01750125 |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 14 | CLR | KIGQ 080855Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3014 RMK AO2 T01700122 | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 19 | CLR | KIGQ 080955Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3013 RMK AO2 T01610120 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 39000 - 45000 | 30 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 35 | CLR | KIGQ 081055Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3013 RMK AO2 T01580120 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 37000 - 45000 | 50 | OVC | 36000 - 40000 | 55 | CLR | KIGQ 081155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3016 RMK AO2 T01600122 10179 20157 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 37000 - 44000 | 68 | OVC | 31000 - 43000 | 55 | CLR | KIGQ 081255Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3018 RMK AO2 T01750131 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 45000 | 53 | OVC | 33000 - 42000 | 52 | CLR | KIGQ 081355Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A3017 RMK AO2 T01900142 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 46000 | 48 | OVC | 29000 - 40000 | 51 | CLR | KIGQ 081455Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3017 RMK AO2 T02140156 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 36000 - 47000 | 28 | OVC | 28000 - 42000 | 36 | CLR | KIGQ 081555Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 24/17 A3018 RMK AO2 T02370167 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 36000 - 53000 | 33 | BKN | 16000 - 43000 | 35 | CLR | KIGQ 081655Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 25/17 A3017 RMK AO2 T02530167 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 19000 - 52000 | 15 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 25 | CLR | KIGQ 081755Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A3015 RMK AO2 T02720156 10272 20158 | ||