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 | CLR | KMQB 290555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3014 RMK AO2 T01630163 10258 20159 402890133 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 19000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KMQB 290655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3014 RMK AO2 T01600160 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 9 | CLR | KMQB 290755Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3014 RMK AO2 T01550155 | |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 21000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 3 | CLR | KMQB 290855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3014 RMK AO2 T01480148 | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 15 | CLR | KMQB 290955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3014 RMK AO2 T01530153 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 41000 | 27 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 23 | CLR | KMQB 291055Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3015 RMK AO2 T01470147 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 37000 - 44000 | 43 | OVC | 36000 - 39000 | 49 | CLR | KMQB 291155Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3014 RMK AO2 T01600160 10164 20140 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 40000 | 77 | OVC | 36000 - 39000 | 74 | CLR | KMQB 291255Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3015 RMK AO2 T01810179 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 35000 - 38000 | 78 | OVC | 34000 - 39000 | 71 | CLR | KMQB 291355Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3016 RMK AO2 T02020190 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 38000 | 79 | OVC | 33000 - 38000 | 74 | CLR | KMQB 291455Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A3016 RMK AO2 T02240196 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 38000 | 77 | OVC | 31000 - 39000 | 76 | CLR | KMQB 291555Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A3015 RMK AO2 T02410200 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | OVC | 32000 - 44000 | 78 | OVC | 30000 - 40000 | 77 | CLR | KMQB 291655Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3013 RMK AO2 T02550202 | ||