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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 50000 | 57 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 51 | CLR | KBQK 290455Z AUTO 24010KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A2979 RMK AO2 T02860240 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 52000 | 67 | BKN | 15000 - 38000 | 62 | CLR | KBQK 290555Z AUTO 23010KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A2978 RMK AO2 T02800240 10330 20274 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 30000 - 52000 | 63 | BKN | 28000 - 38000 | 60 | CLR | KBQK 290655Z AUTO 23010KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2977 RMK AO2 T02750241 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 49000 | 54 | OVC | 14000 - 40000 | 50 | CLR | KBQK 290755Z AUTO 23009KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2976 RMK AO2 T02700243 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 31000 - 53000 | 58 | OVC | 30000 - 40000 | 50 | CLR | KBQK 290855Z AUTO 23011KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2976 RMK AO2 T02680249 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 29000 - 39000 | 67 | OVC | 24000 - 37000 | 60 | CLR | KBQK 290955Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2978 RMK AO2 T02680251 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 26000 - 40000 | 54 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 49 | CLR | KBQK 291055Z AUTO 23009KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2978 RMK AO2 T02670253 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 50000 | 23 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 41 | CLR | KBQK 291155Z AUTO 25009KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A2979 RMK AO2 T02750256 10280 20266 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 17000 - 50000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 40 | CLR | KBQK 291255Z AUTO 24010KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A2980 RMK AO2 T02850256 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 14000 - 49000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 30 | CLR | KBQK 291355Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A2980 RMK AO2 T03070260 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 40000 | 80 | BKN | 22000 - 36000 | 53 | CLR | KBQK 291455Z AUTO 24009KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A2982 RMK AO2 T03180259 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 26000 - 50000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 41 | CLR | KBQK 291555Z AUTO 24008KT 10SM CLR 33/26 A2982 RMK AO2 T03340264 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | BKN | 15000 - 50000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 28 | CLR | KBQK 291655Z AUTO 27008KT 10SM CLR 35/26 A2981 RMK AO2 T03520256 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 19 | SCT@3500 | KBQK 291755Z AUTO 23010KT 10SM SCT035 37/26 A2979 RMK AO2 T03690265 10369 20276 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 47 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 37 | SCT@4200 SCT@6500 SCT@7000 | KBQK 291855Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM VCTS SCT042 SCT065 SCT070 36/26 A2976 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND NW T03620257 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | BKN | 14000 - 44000 | 68 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 60 | BKN@4300 BKN@5000 | KBQK 291955Z AUTO 26011G16KT 10SM -TSRA BKN043 BKN050 33/27 A2977 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS P0002 T03260269 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 32000 - 51000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 55 | SCT@1100 SCT@2000 SCT@7000 | KBQK 292055Z AUTO 25010KT 3 1/2SM TSBR SCT011 SCT020 SCT070 25/23 A2977 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS P0060 T02540232 60062 | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | BKN | 14000 - 52000 | 70 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 59 | BKN@5000 BKN@7000 | KBQK 292155Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM BKN050 BKN070 28/25 A2977 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N THRU S P0014 T02780252 | ||
| 2250Z | 6:55 PM | - | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 57 | BKN@6000 | KBQK 292255Z AUTO 09009G16KT 10SM TS BKN060 28/23 A2978 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS T02780225 | ||||