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 | ||
| 0550Z | 12:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KCQM 160555Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM BR VV005 04/04 A3024 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @200 | KCQM 160655Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 04/04 A3026 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @500 | KCQM 160755Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR VV005 03/03 A3028 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | VV @200 | KCQM 160855Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 02/02 A3031 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | OVC@100 | KCQM 160955Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 02/02 A3032 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KCQM 161055Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 01/01 A3035 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@100 | KCQM 161155Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 01/01 A3036 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 30000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | OVC@100 | KCQM 161255Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 03/03 A3038 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 8 | OVC@100 | KCQM 161355Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM BR OVC001 07/07 A3039 RMK AO2 VIS 3/4V5 | |