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 | SCT | 18000 - 30000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2500 | KMKQ 010555Z AUTO 15015KT 10SM FEW025 30/24 A3000 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2900 | KMKQ 010655Z AUTO 15015KT 10SM FEW029 30/24 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | FEW@2600 FEW@3300 | KMKQ 010755Z AUTO 17013KT 10SM FEW026 FEW033 30/24 A2999 RMK A01 | |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KMKQ 010855Z AUTO 17015KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A2997 RMK A01 | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 43000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 1 | FEW@2400 FEW@3300 | KMKQ 010955Z AUTO 18014KT 10SM FEW024 FEW033 30/25 A2997 RMK A01 | |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KMKQ 011055Z AUTO 18011KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2999 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | BKN@2400 BKN@2800 BKN@3600 | KMKQ 011155Z AUTO 26008KT 200V290 10SM BKN024 BKN028 BKN036 29/22 A3001 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 6 | FEW@2400 SCT@2800 BKN@3500 | KMKQ 011255Z AUTO 13014KT 10SM FEW024 SCT028 BKN035 28/24 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 8 | CLR | KMKQ 011355Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3004 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 8 | CLR | KMKQ 011455Z AUTO 15012KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3005 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:10 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 40000 | 7 | CLR | KMKQ 011510Z AUTO 15010KT 10SM CLR 30/25 A3005 RMK A01 | ||