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 | 12:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 4 | CLR | KPQL 250553Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02220200 10272 20222 403220217 51004 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 1 | CLR | KPQL 250653Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02110194 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQL 250753Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02060189 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQL 250853Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T01940189 56006 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQL 250953Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01890183 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KPQL 251053Z 02003KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01890183 | |
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 24000 - 52000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQL 251153Z 03004KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01890183 10222 20183 53011 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 0 | CLR | KPQL 251253Z 03006KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP188 T02000189 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 34000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 2 | CLR | KPQL 251353Z 07007KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP193 T02170189 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | CLR | KPQL 251453Z 04008KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP194 T02390194 51011 | |
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 8 | SCT@2200 | KPQL 251553Z 04007KT 10SM SCT022 26/19 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02560194 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 32000 | 1 | FEW@2600 | KPQL 251653Z 02009KT 10SM FEW026 26/19 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02610189 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@2800 | KPQL 251753Z 04007G16KT 10SM FEW028 26/18 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP188 T02610183 10267 20183 58006 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQL 251853Z 03007KT 330V090 10SM CLR 27/19 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02670189 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQL 251953Z 03005KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02720178 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQL 252053Z 10SM CLR 28/18 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02780183 56023 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:53 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KPQL 252153Z 03004KT 10SM CLR 28/18 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02780178 | ||