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 | ASOS METAR Report | ||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
0450Z | 12:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 27 | FEW@8500 SCT@12000 | KPQI 290456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW085 SCT120 19/17 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP139 T01890172 402780172 | |
0550Z | 1:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 25 | CLR | KPQI 290556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A2987 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW SLP136 6//// T01890172 10239 20178 56012 | |
0650Z | 2:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 37 | FEW@6000 BKN@8000 | KPQI 290656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW060 BKN080 19/17 A2986 RMK AO2 RAB37E52 SLP132 P0000 T01940167 | |
0750Z | 3:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 21 | FEW@5500 SCT@7000 | KPQI 290756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW055 SCT070 18/17 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP127 T01780167 | |
0850Z | 4:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 9 | CLR | KPQI 290856Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP126 60000 T01890161 56010 | |
0950Z | 5:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | FEW@6500 | KPQI 290956Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW065 18/17 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP130 T01830167 | |
1050Z | 6:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQI 291056Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02000167 | |
1150Z | 7:56 AM | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | FEW@9500 | KPQI 291156Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM FEW095 23/18 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP140 60000 7//// T02280183 10228 20172 53014 | |
1250Z | 8:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQI 291256Z AUTO 29009KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02440194 | |
1350Z | 9:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPQI 291356Z AUTO 30008KT 8SM CLR 26/20 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02610200 | |
1450Z | 10:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@3200 SCT@3800 BKN@5500 | KPQI 291456Z AUTO 28008KT 10SM FEW032 SCT038 BKN055 27/19 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02670194 58004 |