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 | 12:49 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 16 | FEW@1400 BKN@2000 OVC@3100 | KSMQ 180449Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR FEW014 BKN020 OVC031 23/23 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE | ||
| 0550Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 10 | OVC@1900 | KSMQ 180553Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR OVC019 23/22 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP098 60012 T02280222 10250 20222 50002 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 9 | OVC@1800 | KSMQ 180653Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR OVC018 23/22 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP096 T02280222 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 14 | BKN@800 OVC@2000 | KSMQ 180753Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR BKN008 OVC020 23/22 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP099 T02280222 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 13 | OVC@1000 | KSMQ 180853Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR OVC010 23/22 A2983 RMK AO2 CIG 005V013 SLP099 T02280222 53002 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 15 | OVC@1100 | KSMQ 180953Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR OVC011 23/22 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02280222 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:51 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 6 | OVC@1800 | KSMQ 181051Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR OVC018 23/22 A2985 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 1 | OVC@1600 | KSMQ 181153Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR OVC016 23/23 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP111 70012 T02330228 10233 20228 51010 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 12 | SCT@700 OVC@1500 | KSMQ 181253Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR SCT007 OVC015 24/23 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP114 T02390228 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 23 | SCT | 15000 - 38000 | 23 | SCT@1100 OVC@1700 | KSMQ 181353Z AUTO 04003KT 8SM SCT011 OVC017 26/23 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP114 T02560228 | |
| 1450Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 20 | FEW@1700 | KSMQ 181453Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM FEW017 27/22 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02670217 51005 | |
| 1550Z | 11:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 17 | BKN@2600 BKN@3000 BKN@5500 | KSMQ 181553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN026 BKN030 BKN055 28/23 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02830228 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 13 | FEW@6000 BKN@8000 | KSMQ 181653Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM FEW060 BKN080 29/22 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP110 T02890222 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 13 | FEW@3400 BKN@4500 OVC@6000 | KSMQ 181753Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM FEW034 BKN045 OVC060 29/21 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP107 T02890211 10300 20233 58009 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 8 | BKN@8500 | KSMQ 181853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN085 29/19 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP105 T02940189 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 5 | OVC@8500 | KSMQ 181953Z AUTO 31007KT 10SM OVC085 29/19 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP104 T02940194 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 16 | SCT@7500 OVC@9000 | KSMQ 182053Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM SCT075 OVC090 28/19 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02830189 53003 | ||