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 | ||
| 0050Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | 38000 - 39000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 0 | BKN@4300 BKN@5000 OVC@6500 | KPLR 210555Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR BKN043 BKN050 OVC065 22/22 A3012 RMK A01 | ||
| 0150Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 16000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@3600 BKN@4400 OVC@5000 | KPLR 210655Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT036 BKN044 OVC050 22/22 A3011 RMK A01 | ||
| 0250Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT@4200 OVC@4900 | KPLR 210755Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT042 OVC049 22/22 A3011 RMK A01 | ||
| 0350Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@200 | KPLR 210855Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR OVC002 22/22 A3010 RMK A01 | ||
| 0450Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 29000 | 0 | OVC@200 | KPLR 210955Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC002 22/22 A3012 RMK A01 | ||