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 | 16000 - 45000 | 53 | SCT | 22000 - 37000 | 10 | BKN@9000 BKN@11000 | KOQU 050455Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM BKN090 BKN110 24/23 A2990 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 13000 - 44000 | 68 | SCT | 26000 - 36000 | 10 | FEW@9000 SCT@12000 | KOQU 050555Z AUTO 03009KT 10SM FEW090 SCT120 24/23 A2989 RMK AO2 10319 20229 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | OVC | 17000 - 36000 | 72 | SCT | 30000 - 42000 | 10 | SCT@300 BKN@900 OVC@2800 | KOQU 050655Z AUTO 26010KT 1 1/2SM +RA BR SCT003 BKN009 OVC028 23/23 A2993 RMK AO2 P0007 VIS 1V5 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 14000 - 35000 | 70 | SCT | 26000 - 40000 | 12 | FEW@3400 BKN@5000 OVC@6500 | KOQU 050755Z AUTO 01005KT 7SM -RA HZ FEW034 BKN050 OVC065 22/20 A2991 RMK AO2 P0022 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 17000 - 41000 | 71 | SCT | 29000 - 40000 | 10 | BKN@11000 | KOQU 050855Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM BKN110 22/21 A2990 RMK AO2 P0001 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | OVC | 27000 - 43000 | 68 | SCT | 29000 - 39000 | 9 | FEW@1400 | KOQU 050955Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM FEW014 23/21 A2991 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 24000 - 39000 | 74 | SCT | 28000 - 39000 | 9 | OVC@900 | KOQU 051055Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM OVC009 23/21 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 22000 - 33000 | 78 | SCT | 20000 - 36000 | 7 | FEW@1000 FEW@2500 FEW@6000 | KOQU 051155Z AUTO 11008KT 10SM -RA FEW010 FEW025 FEW060 23/21 A2995 RMK AO2 P0001 10244 20212 70054 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:50 AM | OVC | 13000 - 35000 | 70 | SCT | 23000 - 35000 | 8 | FEW@2000 | KOQU 051250Z 16005KT 10SM FEW020 23/19 A2997 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 61 | SCT | 18000 - 38000 | 6 | FEW@2000 | KOQU 051350Z 11005KT 10SM FEW020 25/18 A2998 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:50 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 44 | SCT | 17000 - 37000 | 4 | FEW@300 | KOQU 051450Z 13004KT 10SM FEW03 25/18 A3000 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:50 AM | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 13 | SCT | 16000 - 36000 | 4 | BKN@6000 | KOQU 051550Z 20006KT 10SM BKN060 26/18 A3001 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:50 PM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | 21000 - 36000 | 5 | BKN@6000 | KOQU 051650Z 17007KT 10SM BKN060 26/16 A3001 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:50 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 13 | SCT | 30000 - 37000 | 7 | SCT@6000 | KOQU 051750Z 16007KT 10SM SCT060 26/16 A3000 | |
| 1850Z | 2:50 PM | OVC | 31000 - 46000 | 30 | SCT | 28000 - 36000 | 8 | FEW@6000 | KOQU 051850Z 15003KT 10SM FEW060 27/16 A3000 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:50 PM | OVC | 31000 - 43000 | 71 | SCT | 30000 - 37000 | 10 | CLR | KOQU 051950Z 18004KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A2999 | ||
| 2050Z | 4:50 PM | - | SCT | 21000 - 34000 | 11 | CLR | KOQU 052050Z 21006KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A2999 | ||||