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 | |||||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
0550Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 290555Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3012 RMK AO1 T02500205 10353 20250 403690232 | ||
0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 290655Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 25/20 A3012 RMK AO1 T02470203 | ||
0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 290755Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A3014 RMK AO1 T02430204 | ||
0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 290855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A3015 RMK AO1 T02350199 | ||
0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 290955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A3015 RMK AO1 T02360204 | ||
1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 291055Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A3016 RMK AO1 T02350210 | ||
1150Z | 6:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 291150Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A3017 | ||
1250Z | 7:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 291250Z 16004KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3017 | ||
1350Z | 8:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 291350Z 20005KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A3017 | ||
1450Z | 9:50 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 291450Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/21 A3018 | ||
1550Z | 10:56 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KHQZ 291556Z 22004KT 10SM CLR 33/22 A3018 |