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 | 12:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 14 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 27 | CLR | KPTN 120556Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 24/ A3011 RMK AO2 SLP197 60001 T0244 10250 20244 51016 $ | ||
| 0650Z | 1:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 27 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 28 | CLR | KPTN 120656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/ A3010 RMK AO2 SLP194 T0244 $ | ||
| 0750Z | 2:56 AM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 10 | CLR | KPTN 120756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/ A3009 RMK AO2 SLP188 T0244 $ | ||
| 0850Z | 3:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 30 | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 32 | CLR | KPTN 120856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E-SW SLP188 T02390239 56009 $ | ||
| 0950Z | 4:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 52000 | 39 | BKN | 15000 - 44000 | 45 | SCT@6000 | KPTN 120956Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT060 23/ A3010 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E-S SLP192 T0233 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 44000 | 56 | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 49 | FEW@8000 | KPTN 121056Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM FEW080 24/ A3012 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP199 T0239 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:56 AM | OVC | 13000 - 34000 | 74 | OVC | 13000 - 40000 | 70 | FEW@6000 OVC@10000 | KPTN 121156Z AUTO 25010KT 10SM FEW060 OVC100 24/ A3015 RMK AO2 SLP209 70023 T0239 10250 20233 53021 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 36000 | 74 | BKN | 14000 - 40000 | 56 | CLR | KPTN 121256Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 24/ A3014 RMK AO2 SLP208 P0001 T0239 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 8:56 AM | OVC | 17000 - 36000 | 79 | BKN | 14000 - 37000 | 66 | FEW@700 | KPTN 121356Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM FEW007 24/ A3017 RMK AO2 SLP216 T0244 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 9:45 AM | OVC | 13000 - 30000 | 78 | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 72 | BKN@800 BKN@3600 OVC@4400 | KPTN 121445Z AUTO VRB04KT 7SM BKN008 BKN036 OVC044 26/ A3017 RMK AO2 RAB27E43 CIG 004V013 P0000 $ | ||
| 1550Z | 10:56 AM | BKN | 13000 - 50000 | 29 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 46 | FEW@1300 | KPTN 121556Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM FEW013 28/28 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP199 T02780278 $ | ||