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 | ||
0550Z | 12:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQG 030556Z AUTO 16010KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A3015 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQG 030655Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3014 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
0750Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQG 030753Z AUTO 17011KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3013 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQG 030855Z AUTO 18012KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3012 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
0950Z | 4:57 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQG 030957Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A3011 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 2 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQG 031055Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM CLR 15/11 A3011 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | CLR | KHQG 031155Z AUTO 19010KT 10SM CLR 15/10 A3012 RMK AO2 TSNO 10185 20144 70000 | ||
1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 1 | SCT@12000 | KHQG 031255Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM SCT120 13/10 A3012 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 10 | BKN@12000 | KHQG 031355Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM BKN120 16/11 A3013 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 5 | CLR | KHQG 031455Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3013 RMK AO2 TSNO |