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 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KIGQ 290555Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG VV005 11/11 A3005 RMK AO2 T01090109 10166 20104 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@300 | KIGQ 290655Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM BR SCT003 10/10 A3005 RMK AO2 T01030103 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIGQ 290755Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 11/11 A3005 RMK AO2 T01070107 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@300 | KIGQ 290855Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC003 09/09 A3004 RMK AO2 VIS 1/4V5 T00910091 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@100 | KIGQ 290955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT001 09/08 A3005 RMK AO2 T00850084 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KIGQ 291055Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC001 09/09 A3005 RMK AO2 VIS 1/4V5 T00900090 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KIGQ 291155Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG VV005 08/08 A3006 RMK AO2 7//// T00800080 10109 20078 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KIGQ 291255Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 11/11 A3007 RMK AO2 T01050105 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KIGQ 291355Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3006 RMK AO2 T01430134 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 25000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KIGQ 291455Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM CLR 19/13 A3006 RMK AO2 T01890133 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KIGQ 291555Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A3005 RMK AO2 T02150130 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 48000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 1 | CLR | KIGQ 291655Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 24/12 A3004 RMK AO2 T02350120 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 19000 - 43000 | 2 | CLR | KIGQ 291755Z AUTO 20008KT 10SM CLR 25/12 A3002 RMK AO2 T02450116 10246 20075 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 16000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 8 | CLR | KIGQ 291855Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR 25/11 A3000 RMK AO2 T02540107 | |
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 6 | CLR | KIGQ 291955Z AUTO 20007KT 10SM CLR 26/10 A2998 RMK AO2 T02600104 | ||