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 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | CLR | KMQS 300455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3016 RMK AO2 T02130188 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 46000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 13 | FEW@10000 | KMQS 300555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW100 21/19 A3015 RMK AO2 T02070189 10269 20204 402950180 50001 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 19000 - 46000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 10 | CLR | KMQS 300655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3013 RMK AO2 T02060190 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 47000 | 14 | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 11 | CLR | KMQS 300755Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 20/19 A3014 RMK AO2 T02020192 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 34000 - 47000 | 18 | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 14 | FEW@600 | KMQS 300855Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW006 20/19 A3014 RMK AO2 T01980193 56002 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 25000 - 47000 | 16 | OVC | 16000 - 43000 | 13 | FEW@6000 | KMQS 300955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM FEW060 19/19 A3014 RMK AO2 T01950191 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 48000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 13 | CLR | KMQS 301055Z AUTO 28003KT 5SM BR CLR 20/20 A3016 RMK AO2 T02010200 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 22000 - 48000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | CLR | KMQS 301155Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 22/21 A3016 RMK AO2 T02190209 10220 20186 50005 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 33000 - 37000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 3 | CLR | KMQS 301255Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 24/22 A3016 RMK AO2 T02400216 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 35000 | 4 | CLR | KMQS 301355Z AUTO VRB03KT 9SM CLR 26/22 A3016 RMK AO2 T02550220 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 36000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 8 | CLR | KMQS 301455Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A3016 RMK AO2 T02670199 51001 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 48000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 11 | CLR | KMQS 301555Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 28/20 A3015 RMK AO2 T02770200 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 41000 - 49000 | 13 | OVC | 18000 - 48000 | 16 | FEW@29000 | KMQS 301655Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW290 28/18 A3013 RMK AO2 T02830178 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 31000 - 49000 | 16 | OVC | 26000 - 48000 | 20 | FEW@37000 | KMQS 301755Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW370 29/19 A3012 RMK AO2 T02860193 10290 20224 57011 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | OVC | 28000 - 48000 | 30 | OVC | 28000 - 48000 | 28 | BKN@23000 OVC@25000 | KMQS 301855Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM BKN230 OVC250 28/17 A3010 RMK AO2 T02850166 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | SCT | 28000 - 48000 | 17 | BKN | 19000 - 48000 | 25 | FEW@24000 | KMQS 301955Z AUTO 20007KT 160V270 10SM FEW240 29/14 A3009 RMK AO2 T02920142 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:55 PM | SCT | 26000 - 48000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 43000 | 12 | CLR | KMQS 302055Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A3007 RMK AO2 T02910168 56017 | ||
| 2150Z | 5:55 PM | SCT | 40000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 12 | FEW@25000 | KMQS 302155Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW250 29/16 A3006 RMK AO2 T02880164 | ||
| 2250Z | 6:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 9 | CLR | KMQS 302255Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 28/16 A3004 RMK AO2 T02780161 | ||