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 | 18000 - 32000 | 40 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 12 | BKN@10000 BKN@12000 | KCQM 080555Z AUTO 18008G15KT 150V210 10SM BKN100 BKN120 21/16 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 50 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 20 | BKN@7000 BKN@8500 OVC@11000 | KCQM 080655Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM BKN070 BKN085 OVC110 20/17 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 60 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 19 | FEW@3000 OVC@6000 | KCQM 080755Z AUTO VRB05G11KT 10SM FEW030 OVC060 20/17 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 12 | OVC@2200 | KCQM 080855Z AUTO 18007G14KT 150V210 10SM OVC022 20/16 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 41 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 26 | OVC@1600 | KCQM 080955Z AUTO 19007G15KT 150V220 10SM OVC016 20/17 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 41 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 27 | OVC@1200 | KCQM 081055Z AUTO VRB06G12KT 10SM OVC012 19/17 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 18000 - 46000 | 50 | BKN | 19000 - 40000 | 52 | OVC@1000 | KCQM 081155Z AUTO VRB05G11KT 10SM OVC010 19/18 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 41000 | 78 | BKN | 17000 - 41000 | 65 | OVC@900 | KCQM 081255Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM OVC009 19/18 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 44 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 37 | OVC@800 | KCQM 081355Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM OVC008 19/18 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 23000 - 46000 | 50 | OVC | 28000 - 39000 | 49 | OVC@800 | KCQM 081455Z AUTO VRB06G13KT 160V220 10SM OVC008 19/18 A2985 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 38 | BKN | 14000 - 37000 | 42 | OVC@800 | KCQM 081555Z AUTO 21008G13KT 180V240 10SM OVC008 20/18 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 46 | OVC@800 | KCQM 081655Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM OVC008 20/18 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 35 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 19 | OVC@800 | KCQM 081755Z AUTO VRB04G10KT 9SM OVC008 20/19 A2983 RMK AO2 | ||