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 | ||
0050Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 45000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 21 | CLR | KTQK 150555Z AUTO 15010KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3005 RMK AO2 T02100165 10295 20197 60295 | ||
0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 11 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 18 | CLR | KTQK 150655Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3004 RMK AO2 T02060170 | |
0250Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 19 | CLR | KTQK 150755Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3001 RMK AO2 T02030173 | ||
0350Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 26 | CLR | KTQK 150855Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A2999 RMK AO2 T01980176 | ||
0450Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 14 | CLR | KTQK 150955Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A2998 RMK AO2 P4042 T01940177 | ||
0550Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 6 | CLR | KTQK 151055Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A2998 RMK AO2 P12573 T01880177 | |
0650Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 21000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 4 | CLR | KTQK 151155Z AUTO 18008KT 7SM CLR 18/18 A2998 RMK AO2 P4976 T01850177 10211 20184 621703 722410 | ||
0750Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 45000 | 2 | SCT | 17000 - 35000 | 1 | CLR | KTQK 151255Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A2997 RMK AO2 P0179 T02020187 | |
0850Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 15000 - 45000 | 3 | SCT | 15000 - 34000 | 0 | CLR | KTQK 151355Z AUTO 20012KT 10SM CLR 23/19 A2997 RMK AO2 P8957 T02310191 |