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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0650Z | 12:53 AM | OVC | 21000 - 29000 | 45 | OVC | 21000 - 26000 | 55 | SCT@7000 OVC@8500 | KAQP 050653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT070 OVC085 M02/M04 A2973 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0750Z | 1:53 AM | OVC | 21000 - 28000 | 51 | OVC | 21000 - 27000 | 60 | SCT@7000 | KAQP 050753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT070 M01/M03 A2972 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||
| 0850Z | 2:54 AM | OVC | 23000 - 27000 | 70 | OVC | 13000 - 28000 | 62 | SCT@5000 | KAQP 050854Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM -SN SCT050 00/M02 A2971 RMK AO2 TSNO | ||