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 West Sounder | ASOS METAR Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
| 0850Z | 3:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 21000 | 11 | OVC@2300 | PALP 301145Z 26004KT 6SM -SN BR OVC023 M03/M05 A2986 | |
| 0950Z | 3:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 13 | OVC@2300 | PALP 301145Z 26004KT 6SM -SN BR OVC023 M03/M05 A2986 | |
| 1050Z | 3:45 AM | SCT | 15000 - 23000 | 12 | OVC@2300 | PALP 301145Z 26004KT 6SM -SN BR OVC023 M03/M05 A2986 | |
| 1150Z | 3:45 AM | SCT | 15000 - 20000 | 10 | OVC@2300 | PALP 301145Z 26004KT 6SM -SN BR OVC023 M03/M05 A2986 | |
| 1250Z | 4:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 12 | BKN@2000 OVC@3200 | PALP 301245Z 28006KT 7SM -SN BKN020 OVC032 M04/M05 A2986 | |
| 1350Z | 5:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 12 | SCT@2500 BKN@6000 | PALP 301345Z 26005KT 8SM -SN SCT025 BKN060 M04/M05 A2986 | |
| 1450Z | 6:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 7 | FEW@5000 BKN@7500 | PALP 301445Z 25005KT 8SM -SN FEW050 BKN075 M04/M05 A2986 | |
| 1550Z | 7:45 AM | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 11 | OVC@3500 | PALP 301545Z 25005KT 5SM -SN BR OVC035 M04/M05 A2986 | |
| 1650Z | 8:45 AM | SCT | 14000 - 20000 | 14 | FEW@300 OVC@2400 | PALP 301645Z 26005KT 1SM -SN BR FEW003 OVC024 M03/M04 A2986 | |
| 1750Z | 9:51 AM | SCT | 17000 - 24000 | 14 | SCT@700 BKN@1000 OVC@1900 | PALP 301751Z 26006KT 2SM -SN BR SCT007 BKN010 OVC019 M03/M04 A2987 | |
| 1850Z | 10:45 AM | SCT | 16000 - 26000 | 14 | SCT@800 BKN@1300 OVC@3600 | PALP 301845Z 25005KT 4SM SCT008 BKN013 OVC036 M03/M04 A2987 | |