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 | - | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAQX 030455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAQX 030555Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 25/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | |
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAQX 030655Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 24/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAQX 030755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAQX 030855Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 23/23 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAQX 030955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 0 | CLR | KAQX 031055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 37000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 19000 | 0 | CLR | KAQX 031155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW | |
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAQX 031255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3007 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAQX 031355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAQX 031455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/22 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KAQX 031555Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM CLR 32/22 A3005 RMK AO2 | ||