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 | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 56 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 17 | BKN@5000 | KMQI 190455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 27/25 A2992 RMK AO2 T02660247 | |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 51000 | 79 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 18 | CLR | KMQI 190555Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2990 RMK AO2 T02670241 10272 20265 403170265 | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 61 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 18 | CLR | KMQI 190655Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2987 RMK AO2 T02690236 | |
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 37 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | BKN@9500 | KMQI 190755Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM BKN095 27/24 A2990 RMK AO2 T02650237 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 11 | SCT@1400 SCT@12000 | KMQI 190855Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM SCT014 SCT120 27/24 A2990 RMK AO2 T02650239 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 8 | BKN@12000 | KMQI 190955Z AUTO 05007KT 10SM BKN120 26/24 A2989 RMK AO2 T02620242 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 9 | BKN@1200 BKN@12000 | KMQI 191055Z AUTO 03007KT 10SM BKN012 BKN120 26/24 A2991 RMK AO2 T02630243 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 25000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 3 | BKN@1200 BKN@1600 BKN@2400 | KMQI 191155Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM BKN012 BKN016 BKN024 27/24 A2993 RMK AO2 T02700243 10270 20261 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 2 | SCT@1200 SCT@2800 | KMQI 191255Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM SCT012 SCT028 28/24 A2993 RMK AO2 T02780242 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 3 | SCT@1500 | KMQI 191355Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM SCT015 29/24 A2994 RMK AO2 T02890242 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | - | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 4 | BKN@1700 | KMQI 191455Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM BKN017 30/24 A2995 RMK AO2 T02950240 | ||||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 3 | BKN@1900 BKN@2300 BKN@4600 | KMQI 191555Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM BKN019 BKN023 BKN046 29/24 A2995 RMK AO2 T02860240 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@1900 | KMQI 191655Z AUTO 03007KT 360V070 10SM SCT019 30/24 A2994 RMK AO2 T02990242 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | CLR | KMQI 191755Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A2994 RMK AO2 T03010234 10305 20270 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 3 | CLR | KMQI 191855Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A2994 RMK AO2 T03060223 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 14000 - 50000 | 11 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 4 | CLR | KMQI 191955Z AUTO 07008KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A2993 RMK AO2 T03040230 | |
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | BKN | 15000 - 52000 | 53 | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 8 | CLR | KMQI 192055Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A2994 RMK AO2 T02980241 | ||