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 | |||||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
2350Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 14 | SCT@3400 | KMQJ 080455Z AUTO 33003KT 10SM SCT034 19/19 A3009 RMK AO2 T01900190 | ||
0050Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 7 | SCT@3400 | KMQJ 080555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT034 19/19 A3009 RMK AO2 T01940194 | ||
0150Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 8 | BKN@3700 | KMQJ 080655Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM BKN037 19/19 A3008 RMK AO2 T01880188 | ||
0250Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | SCT | 14000 - 42000 | 1 | CLR | KMQJ 080755Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 18/18 A3008 RMK AO2 T01780178 | ||
0350Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 15 | CLR | KMQJ 080855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A3007 RMK AO2 T01730173 | ||
0450Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | CLR | KMQJ 080955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3007 RMK AO2 T01600160 | ||
0550Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 6 | CLR | KMQJ 081055Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 17/17 A3009 RMK AO2 T01660166 | |
0650Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 3 | CLR | KMQJ 081155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3010 RMK AO2 T01880188 | |
0750Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 49000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 1 | CLR | KMQJ 081255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A3011 RMK AO2 T02200219 | ||
0850Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 42000 - 51000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 2 | CLR | KMQJ 081355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3013 RMK AO2 T02430226 | ||
0950Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 3 | CLR | KMQJ 081455Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 27/20 A3012 RMK AO2 T02660201 | ||
1050Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 44000 - 48000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 3 | CLR | KMQJ 081555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A3013 RMK AO2 T02760193 | ||
1150Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 19000 - 46000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 28000 | 2 | FEW@4000 SCT@37000 | KMQJ 081655Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM FEW040 SCT370 28/19 A3012 RMK AO2 T02800187 | ||
1250Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 1 | FEW@4500 | KMQJ 081755Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM FEW045 28/19 A3012 RMK AO2 T02830188 |