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 | ||
| 0650Z | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 31000 | 52 | BKN | 13000 - 26000 | 44 | CLR | KHQZ 090655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/10 A3019 RMK AO1 T01300102 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 43 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 40 | CLR | KHQZ 090755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/11 A3020 RMK AO1 T01330113 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 32 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 36 | CLR | KHQZ 090855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/11 A3019 RMK AO1 T01270105 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 30 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 37 | CLR | KHQZ 090955Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 12/10 A3019 RMK AO1 T01190104 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 20 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 29 | CLR | KHQZ 091055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 12/11 A3019 RMK AO1 T01200110 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 18 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 27 | CLR | KHQZ 091155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 11/10 A3020 RMK AO1 T01100100 10143 20110 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:35 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 25000 | 5 | CLR | KHQZ 091235Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 11/10 A3020 RMK AO1 T01060097 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:50 AM | OVC | 25000 - 33000 | 65 | OVC | 13000 - 31000 | 65 | CLR | KHQZ 091450Z 00000KT 3SM HZFG CLR 14/13 A3024 | ||