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 | OVC | 28000 - 38000 | 54 | OVC | 27000 - 34000 | 59 | CLR | KCQF 310555Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 35000 | 55 | OVC | 25000 - 34000 | 58 | CLR | KCQF 310655Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 52000 | 44 | BKN | 23000 - 38000 | 45 | CLR | KCQF 310755Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 20/15 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 44000 | 58 | OVC | 26000 - 35000 | 56 | CLR | KCQF 310855Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM CLR 20/15 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 51000 | 54 | OVC | 14000 - 35000 | 53 | CLR | KCQF 310955Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 22 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 26 | CLR | KCQF 311055Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A3011 RMK AO2 | |
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 28 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 31 | BKN@6000 | KCQF 311155Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM BKN060 18/15 A3014 RMK AO2 | |
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 55 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 41 | OVC@6000 | KCQF 311255Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM OVC060 19/16 A3015 RMK AO2 | ||