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 | 12:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 16000 | 44 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 15 | BKN@1600 OVC@2200 | KCQM 030655Z AUTO 31007KT 7SM -SN BKN016 OVC022 M09/M11 A2975 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 14000 | 39 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 32 | FEW@800 BKN@1400 OVC@2100 | KCQM 030755Z AUTO 31007G13KT 280V340 2SM -SN BR FEW008 BKN014 OVC021 M09/M11 A2978 RMK AO2 VIS 1 1/2V3 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 15000 | 54 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 26 | BKN@2200 OVC@2700 | KCQM 030855Z AUTO 34010G17KT 10SM -SN BKN022 OVC027 M10/M13 A2982 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 15000 | 57 | BKN | 13000 - 15000 | 39 | FEW@1600 FEW@2000 OVC@3000 | KCQM 030955Z AUTO 33010KT 9SM -SN FEW016 FEW020 OVC030 M10/M14 A2984 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 15000 | 57 | BKN | 13000 - 15000 | 51 | FEW@2200 OVC@3500 | KCQM 031055Z AUTO 33009G17KT 7SM -SN FEW022 OVC035 M11/M14 A2988 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 15000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 16000 | 41 | FEW@1700 FEW@2600 OVC@3300 | KCQM 031155Z AUTO 31007G16KT 270V330 9SM -SN FEW017 FEW026 OVC033 M11/M15 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 27 | BKN@2500 OVC@2900 | KCQM 031255Z AUTO 31007G14KT 270V340 10SM BKN025 OVC029 M13/M17 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 12 | SCT@2600 | KCQM 031355Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM SCT026 M15/M18 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 8 | OVC@2200 | KCQM 031455Z AUTO 30005G12KT 5SM -SN HZ OVC022 M14/M18 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | OVC@2100 | KCQM 031555Z AUTO 32010G16KT 8SM -SN OVC021 M14/M19 A3006 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 10:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 0 | OVC@2200 | KCQM 031655Z AUTO 30008G14KT 250V330 9SM -SN OVC022 M14/M19 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 11:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 23000 | 0 | BKN@2400 | KCQM 031755Z AUTO 28009G15KT 250V320 10SM BKN024 M14/M20 A3009 RMK AO2 | ||