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 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 16 | OVC@1300 | KPQN 120655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC013 M08/M09 A3000 RMK AO2 T10781088 | ||
| 0750Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 15 | OVC@1500 | KPQN 120755Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM OVC015 M08/M08 A3002 RMK AO2 CIG 013V019 T10771085 | ||
| 0850Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 24 | OVC@1000 | KPQN 120855Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM OVC010 M08/M08 A3003 RMK AO2 CIG 009V012 T10771083 53011 | ||
| 0950Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 22 | BKN | 13000 - 29000 | 35 | OVC@1200 | KPQN 120955Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM OVC012 M08/M08 A3004 RMK AO2 T10751079 | ||
| 1050Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 29000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 27000 | 24 | OVC@600 | KPQN 121055Z AUTO 30007KT 9SM OVC006 M07/M08 A3005 RMK AO2 CIG 005V008 T10731075 | ||
| 1150Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 16 | BKN | 13000 - 27000 | 39 | OVC@300 | KPQN 121155Z AUTO 32009KT 4SM BR OVC003 M07/M07 A3006 RMK AO2 T10691069 11069 21080 53011 | ||
| 1250Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 19 | BKN | 13000 - 32000 | 36 | OVC@300 | KPQN 121255Z AUTO 32010KT 4SM BR OVC003 M06/M06 A3009 RMK AO2 T10631063 | ||
| 1350Z | 7:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 49 | BKN | 13000 - 31000 | 49 | SCT@1000 SCT@1500 BKN@3100 OVC@4200 | KPQN 121355Z AUTO 33011KT 8SM SCT010 SCT015 BKN031 OVC042 M07/M07 A3010 RMK AO2 T10661068 | ||
| 1450Z | 8:55 AM | OVC | 25000 - 33000 | 78 | OVC | 14000 - 32000 | 67 | BKN@700 OVC@1400 | KPQN 121455Z AUTO 32009KT 7SM BKN007 OVC014 M06/M06 A3012 RMK AO2 CIG 006V010 BKN V OVC T10631063 52019 | ||