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 | ||
0450Z | 12:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 5 | SCT | 17000 - 36000 | 1 | CLR | KCQX 260452Z AUTO 10SM CLR 24/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02390183 402890217 PWINO | ||
0550Z | 1:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 20000 | 1 | OVC@4000 | KCQX 260552Z AUTO 10SM OVC040 24/19 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02390189 10244 20233 53016 PWINO | ||
0650Z | 2:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | BKN@4400 | KCQX 260652Z AUTO 01007G15KT 340V040 10SM BKN044 23/15 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02330150 PWINO | ||
0750Z | 3:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | CLR | KCQX 260752Z AUTO VRB06KT 6SM HZ CLR 22/14 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02220144 PWINO | ||
0850Z | 4:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 31000 | 1 | BKN@3700 | KCQX 260852Z AUTO 02007G14KT 310V050 6SM HZ BKN037 21/14 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 T02110139 53016 PWINO | ||
0950Z | 5:52 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 31000 | 1 | SCT@3900 | KCQX 260952Z AUTO 02008KT 4SM HZ SCT039 21/13 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02110128 PWINO | |
1050Z | 6:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | CLR | KCQX 261052Z AUTO 02007G17KT 4SM HZ CLR 21/13 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02110128 PWINO | ||
1150Z | 7:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 25000 | 1 | CLR | KCQX 261152Z AUTO 03007G18KT 4SM HZ CLR 21/14 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02110139 10239 20206 51024 PWINO | ||
1250Z | 8:52 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 30000 | 1 | CLR | KCQX 261252Z AUTO 03006G16KT 4SM HZ CLR 22/14 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP194 T02170144 PWINO | ||
1350Z | 9:52 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 15000 - 28000 | 1 | CLR | KCQX 261352Z AUTO 05009G19KT 4SM HZ CLR 22/14 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP198 T02220144 PWINO | ||
1450Z | 10:52 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 1 | CLR | KCQX 261452Z AUTO 03008G17KT 5SM HZ CLR 23/14 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP198 T02280139 50007 PWINO | |
1550Z | 11:52 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 1 | CLR | KCQX 261552Z AUTO VRB06G17KT 6SM HZ CLR 23/14 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP201 T02280139 PWINO |