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 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 5 | SCT | 14000 - 29000 | 4 | CLR | KPQL 280553Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 25/24 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02500244 10300 20250 403220239 50000 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 23000 - 42000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 0 | FEW@2600 | KPQL 280653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW026 24/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02440239 | ||