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 | 12:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQL 030553Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 24/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02440239 10306 20244 403390239 50002 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 17000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQL 030653Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 24/23 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02390233 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 14000 - 23000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQL 030753Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 24/23 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02390233 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@6000 | KPQL 030853Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR FEW060 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02330228 56005 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KPQL 030953Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 23/23 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02330228 | |
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | KPQL 031053Z AUTO 35003KT 8SM CLR 23/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02330228 | ||