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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | FEW@3800 BKN@4500 BKN@5000 | KPLR 210555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW038 BKN045 BKN050 23/23 A2992 RMK A01 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 19000 - 44000 | 0 | FEW@4100 BKN@5000 BKN@5500 | KPLR 210655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW041 BKN050 BKN055 23/23 A2994 RMK A01 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@2300 BKN@3200 BKN@4000 | KPLR 210755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT023 BKN032 BKN040 22/22 A2992 RMK A01 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4500 | KPLR 210855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW045 22/22 A2992 RMK A01 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 18000 - 41000 | 0 | CLR | KPLR 210955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/22 A2993 RMK A01 | |
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 40000 | 1 | SCT | 42000 - 42000 | 0 | CLR | KPLR 211055Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 22/22 A2995 RMK A01 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 37000 - 52000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPLR 211155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2995 RMK A01 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:35 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPLR 211235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 17000 - 20000 | 0 | FEW@1800 | KPLR 211355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW018 27/24 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 6 | BKN@2300 BKN@3000 | KPLR 211455Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM BKN023 BKN030 29/25 A2996 RMK A01 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 27 | BKN | 34000 - 48000 | 29 | BKN@2700 | KPLR 211555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN027 30/25 A2995 RMK A01 | |
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 20 | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 14 | SCT@3300 SCT@4100 | KPLR 211655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT033 SCT041 31/24 A2995 RMK A01 | |
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 7 | SCT@3500 SCT@4300 | KPLR 211755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT035 SCT043 32/24 A2994 RMK A01 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 2 | BKN@4900 BKN@5500 | KPLR 211855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN049 BKN055 32/24 A2992 RMK A01 | |
| 1950Z | 2:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | FEW@4800 FEW@7000 | KPLR 211955Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM FEW048 FEW070 33/24 A2991 RMK A01 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:55 PM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@4200 FEW@7000 | KPLR 212055Z AUTO VRB04G11KT 10SM FEW042 FEW070 34/24 A2989 RMK A01 | ||