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 | 12:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBQP 100550Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 23/21 A3007 RMK AO2 T02340205 10319 20234 403640217 PWINO | ||
| 0650Z | 1:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 8 | KBQP 100650Z AUTO 00000KT 23/20 A3007 RMK AO2 T02300204 PWINO | |||
| 0750Z | 2:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 6 | CLR | KBQP 100750Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 23/20 A3005 RMK AO2 T02310203 PWINO | ||
| 0850Z | 3:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 40000 | 0 | CLR | KBQP 100850Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 23/21 A3004 RMK AO2 T02320205 PWINO | ||
| 0950Z | 4:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 20000 - 36000 | 0 | KBQP 100950Z AUTO 00000KT 23/21 A3003 RMK AO2 T02300207 PWINO | |||
| 1050Z | 5:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KBQP 101050Z AUTO 00000KT 22/21 A3004 RMK AO2 T02220206 PWINO | |||
| 1150Z | 6:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | KBQP 101150Z AUTO 00000KT 22/21 A3005 RMK AO2 T02200210 10235 20218 PWINO | |||
| 1250Z | 7:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBQP 101250Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 25/22 A3006 RMK AO2 T02500224 PWINO | ||
| 1350Z | 8:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBQP 101350Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 29/23 A3007 RMK AO2 T02880232 PWINO | ||
| 1450Z | 9:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KBQP 101450Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 32/23 A3006 RMK AO2 T03150230 PWINO | ||