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 | ||
0050Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 20 | CLR | KPIL 280553Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM CLR 14/ A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T0139 10217 20139 403060100 51012 $ | ||
0150Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 1 | CLR | KPIL 280653Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 13/ A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T0133 $ | |
0250Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 21000 - 48000 | 2 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 1 | CLR | KPIL 280753Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 11/ A3001 RMK AO2 SLP160 T0106 $ | |
0350Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 18000 - 46000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 2 | CLR | KPIL 280853Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR 10/ A2999 RMK AO2 SLP156 T0100 58012 $ | ||
0450Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 17000 - 47000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 4 | CLR | KPIL 280953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/ A2999 RMK AO2 SLP156 T0100 $ | ||
0550Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 15000 - 47000 | 5 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 7 | CLR | KPIL 281053Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 09/ A2999 RMK AO2 SLP155 T0094 $ | ||
0650Z | 6:53 AM | SCT | 21000 - 46000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 10 | CLR | KPIL 281153Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 09/ A2999 RMK AO2 SLP156 T0089 10139 20089 55000 $ | ||
0750Z | 7:53 AM | SCT | 23000 - 47000 | 11 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 10 | CLR | KPIL 281253Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 10/ A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 T0100 $ | ||
0850Z | 8:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 25 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 22 | SCT@1600 | KPIL 281353Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM SCT016 19/ A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T0189 $ | ||
0950Z | 9:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 48 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 42 | BKN@2200 BKN@3200 | KPIL 281453Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM BKN022 BKN032 29/25 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02940250 52009 $ | ||
1050Z | 10:53 AM | OVC | 16000 - 38000 | 60 | BKN | 25000 - 37000 | 63 | FEW@2600 | KPIL 281553Z AUTO 11009KT 10SM FEW026 20/ A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T0200 $ | ||
1150Z | 11:53 AM | BKN | 16000 - 43000 | 56 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 53 | CLR | KPIL 281653Z AUTO 12011KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T03110250 $ | ||
1250Z | 12:53 PM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 66 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 56 | CLR | KPIL 281753Z AUTO 10010KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02610250 10322 20089 58002 $ | ||
1350Z | 1:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 32 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 31 | FEW@2200 | KPIL 281853Z AUTO 10012G18KT 10SM FEW022 31/26 A3001 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W AND NW SLP161 T03060256 $ |