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 | 12:55 AM | SCT | 18000 - 44000 | 8 | SCT | 16000 - 39000 | 7 | FEW@11000 | KAQX 090455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW110 23/20 A3023 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 42000 | 5 | SCT | 14000 - 38000 | 7 | CLR | KAQX 090555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A3022 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 15000 | 1 | SCT | 16000 - 38000 | 1 | CLR | KAQX 090655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3021 RMK AO2 | ||