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 | 12:52 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 45 | SCT | 34000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | KCQX 130452Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP097 T02280189 402780194 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:52 AM | OVC | 14000 - 33000 | 67 | SCT | 32000 - 42000 | 2 | CLR | KCQX 130552Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP093 T02280194 10233 20211 58004 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:52 AM | OVC | 23000 - 35000 | 82 | SCT | 28000 - 40000 | 2 | OVC@12000 | KCQX 130652Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM OVC120 23/19 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP098 T02280189 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:52 AM | BKN | 29000 - 35000 | 68 | SCT | 27000 - 31000 | 1 | OVC@10000 | KCQX 130752Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM OVC100 22/18 A2982 RMK AO2 RAB01E10 SLP100 P0000 T02220183 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:52 AM | OVC | 29000 - 35000 | 92 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@10000 | KCQX 130852Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM -RA OVC100 20/18 A2983 RMK AO2 RAB0757 SLP102 P0001 60001 T02000183 51008 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:52 AM | BKN | 22000 - 34000 | 74 | SCT | 29000 - 42000 | 1 | FEW@3700 OVC@11000 | KCQX 130952Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW037 OVC110 19/18 A2980 RMK AO2 RAE44 SLP092 P0002 T01940183 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:52 AM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 54 | SCT | 15000 - 28000 | 0 | OVC@9000 | KCQX 131052Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM OVC090 21/19 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP097 P0001 T02060194 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:52 AM | BKN | 29000 - 35000 | 76 | SCT | 15000 - 16000 | 0 | OVC@10000 | KCQX 131152Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM OVC100 22/19 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP105 60004 70004 T02170189 10233 20194 53003 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:52 AM | OVC | 14000 - 35000 | 89 | SCT | 15000 - 15000 | 0 | OVC@4600 | KCQX 131252Z AUTO 22010G18KT 10SM OVC046 22/18 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP106 T02170183 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 20 | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 0 | CLR | KCQX 131352Z AUTO 22004G20KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP105 T02220178 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 1 | CLR | KCQX 131452Z AUTO 22008G18KT 10SM CLR 25/18 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP105 T02500183 58001 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 4 | SCT | 19000 - 32000 | 1 | CLR | KCQX 131552Z AUTO 23007G22KT 210V280 10SM CLR 25/18 A2983 RMK AO2 PK WND 23026/1519 SLP102 T02500183 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:52 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 30000 - 38000 | 2 | FEW@8500 | KCQX 131652Z AUTO 10SM FEW085 26/19 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP103 T02610194 | ||