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 | BKN | 27000 - 36000 | 71 | OVC | 18000 - 39000 | 72 | SCT@9000 SCT@12000 | KTQK 090555Z AUTO 35013KT 10SM SCT090 SCT120 23/16 A2998 RMK AO2 P0003 T02280155 10330 20216 60004 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 14000 - 32000 | 70 | BKN | 15000 - 30000 | 65 | CLR | KTQK 090655Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR 23/14 A2997 RMK AO2 T02320140 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 50 | CLR | KTQK 090755Z AUTO 35008KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A2996 RMK AO2 T02100146 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | CLR | KTQK 090855Z AUTO 31008KT 10SM CLR 20/14 A2998 RMK AO2 T02050140 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 16 | CLR | KTQK 090955Z AUTO 33008KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A2999 RMK AO2 T01790145 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 27 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 22 | CLR | KTQK 091055Z AUTO 33008KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A2999 RMK AO2 T01850145 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 8 | CLR | KTQK 091155Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3002 RMK AO2 T01760153 10235 20171 70004 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1300 | KTQK 091255Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM OVC013 21/18 A3002 RMK AO2 T02070177 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@1100 | KTQK 091355Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM OVC011 23/20 A3003 RMK AO2 T02260198 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 18000 - 21000 | 0 | CLR | KTQK 091455Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3002 RMK AO2 T02480204 | ||