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 | 13000 - 52000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 15 | CLR | KMJQ 200555Z AUTO 18011G16KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A2989 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 29 | CLR | KMJQ 200655Z AUTO 18011KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | CLR | KMJQ 200755Z AUTO 19012G17KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A2984 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NW | ||
| 0850Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 26 | CLR | KMJQ 200856Z AUTO 20012G17KT 10SM VCTS CLR 23/18 A2982 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW THRU NE | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 25 | SCT@2200 SCT@9000 OVC@11000 | KMJQ 200955Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM SCT022 SCT090 OVC110 22/19 A2986 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E P0002 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 40 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 31 | SCT@11000 | KMJQ 201055Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM SCT110 22/19 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 37 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 19 | SCT@2700 SCT@3800 OVC@11000 | KMJQ 201155Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM -RA SCT027 SCT038 OVC110 22/20 A2982 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E THRU SW | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 12 | BKN@11000 | KMJQ 201255Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM BKN110 23/21 A2982 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 1350Z | 8:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 23000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 4 | CLR | KMJQ 201356Z AUTO 20006KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2981 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMJQ 201455Z AUTO 22009KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2979 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KMJQ 201555Z AUTO 25010KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A2979 RMK AO2 | ||