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 | ||
2350Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 8 | FEW@4200 | KPIE 230453Z 00000KT 10SM FEW042 28/26 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02830256 403440261 $ | ||
0050Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 14 | CLR | KPIE 230553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02780261 10306 20278 58002 $ | ||
0150Z | 2:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 33 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 16 | CLR | KPIE 230653Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154 T02720256 $ | ||
0250Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 52000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 18 | FEW@2200 | KPIE 230753Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM FEW022 27/26 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP150 T02720256 $ | ||
0350Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 9 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 15 | FEW@2200 SCT@2700 | KPIE 230853Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM FEW022 SCT027 27/25 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02720250 56010 $ | ||
0450Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 17 | CLR | KPIE 230953Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02720250 $ | ||
0550Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 8 | CLR | KPIE 231053Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 T02670256 $ | ||
0650Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 6 | CLR | KPIE 231153Z 15005KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP163 70033 T02830261 10283 20267 53015 | ||
0750Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 53000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 8 | CLR | KPIE 231253Z 15004KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T02890261 | ||
0850Z | 9:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 12 | CLR | KPIE 231353Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T03060256 $ | ||
0950Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 18 | SCT@2500 SCT@3400 | KPIE 231453Z 05005KT 10SM SCT025 SCT034 32/26 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T03220261 53012 $ | ||
1050Z | 11:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 51000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 35000 | 30 | SCT@2100 | KPIE 231553Z 08005KT 10SM SCT021 32/26 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP178 T03170261 $ | ||
1150Z | 12:53 PM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 36 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 29 | FEW@2600 FEW@5000 | KPIE 231653Z 25012KT 10SM VCTS FEW026 FEW050 30/24 A3005 RMK AO2 WSHFT 1617 LTG DSNT SE TSE16 SLP174 T03000239 $ | ||
1250Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 34 | BKN | 13000 - 39000 | 32 | CLR | KPIE 231753Z 34009KT 10SM VCTS CLR 33/23 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE SLP168 T03280233 10328 20283 58007 $ |