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 | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 20 | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 27 | SCT@5000 SCT@6000 SCT@7000 | KPLR 220555Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT050 SCT060 SCT070 21/21 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 21 | BKN | 14000 - 36000 | 26 | SCT@5500 SCT@7500 | KPLR 220655Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT055 SCT075 21/21 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 16 | BKN | 13000 - 33000 | 25 | BKN@4800 BKN@5500 BKN@8000 | KPLR 220755Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR BKN048 BKN055 BKN080 21/21 A2997 RMK A01 | |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 21 | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 32 | FEW@4200 SCT@5000 OVC@6000 | KPLR 220855Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR FEW042 SCT050 OVC060 20/20 A2998 RMK A01 | |
| 0940Z | 4:35 AM | BKN | 13000 - 53000 | 33 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 30 | BKN@4700 OVC@5500 | KPLR 220935Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR BKN047 OVC055 20/20 A2998 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 35000 | 9 | CLR | KPLR 221355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3002 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 9 | CLR | KPLR 221455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3003 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 16000 - 44000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | CLR | KPLR 221555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A3004 RMK A01 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | - | SCT | 15000 - 39000 | 1 | CLR | KPLR 221655Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 31/20 A3003 RMK A01 | ||||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 7 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 4 | CLR | KPLR 221755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/20 A3000 RMK A01 | ||