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 | 35000 - 48000 | 23 | OVC | 32000 - 44000 | 19 | CLR | KLQK 130455Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2999 RMK AO2 T02360224 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | BKN | 30000 - 48000 | 30 | OVC | 31000 - 43000 | 25 | CLR | KLQK 130555Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/21 A2998 RMK AO2 T02250212 10293 20222 403460202 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | BKN | 29000 - 48000 | 67 | BKN | 18000 - 42000 | 41 | CLR | KLQK 130655Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 22/21 A2996 RMK AO2 T02220210 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 28000 - 46000 | 61 | OVC | 22000 - 39000 | 48 | CLR | KLQK 130755Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2996 RMK AO2 T02280216 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 49 | BKN | 18000 - 39000 | 36 | CLR | KLQK 130855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2996 RMK AO2 T02220211 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 14 | CLR | KLQK 130955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2997 RMK AO2 T02210210 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 6 | CLR | KLQK 131055Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 22/20 A2999 RMK AO2 T02150203 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 27000 - 49000 | 6 | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 7 | CLR | KLQK 131155Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A3002 RMK AO2 T02280216 10234 20215 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 28000 - 49000 | 6 | SCT | 15000 - 41000 | 9 | CLR | KLQK 131255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3003 RMK AO2 T02600245 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 23000 - 44000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 10 | CLR | KLQK 131355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3003 RMK AO2 T02840242 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 29000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 4 | CLR | KLQK 131455Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3004 RMK AO2 T03110221 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 8 | CLR | KLQK 131555Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 33/22 A3006 RMK AO2 T03310222 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 6 | BKN@4600 | KLQK 131655Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM BKN046 33/22 A3005 RMK AO2 T03310224 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 10 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 12 | SCT@3900 | KLQK 131755Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM SCT039 34/22 A3003 RMK AO2 T03390223 10339 20229 | ||
| 1850Z | 2:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 47000 | 34 | SCT@4600 SCT@5000 SCT@9000 | KLQK 131855Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM VCTS SCT046 SCT050 SCT090 35/21 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW THRU NE T03450213 | ||
| 1950Z | 3:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 73 | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 61 | SCT@11000 | KLQK 131955Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM TS SCT110 27/21 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N NE AND S T02730212 | ||