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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 14 | CLR | KSMQ 190453Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 17/16 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP223 T01670161 402390161 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 15000 | 2 | OVC@9000 | KSMQ 190553Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM OVC090 17/17 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP219 T01670167 10194 20161 58000 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 6 | SCT@3200 | KSMQ 190653Z AUTO 08004KT 7SM SCT032 16/16 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP216 T01610161 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 3 | BKN@3400 OVC@8500 | KSMQ 190753Z AUTO 32003KT 8SM BKN034 OVC085 17/17 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01670167 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 3 | OVC@10000 | KSMQ 190853Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM OVC100 17/17 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01670167 53001 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 5 | FEW@10000 | KSMQ 190953Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM FEW100 16/16 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01610161 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 4 | SCT@9500 | KSMQ 191053Z AUTO 9SM SCT095 17/16 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP223 T01670156 | ||