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 | 17000 - 35000 | 0 | BKN@4200 OVC@4900 | KMPE 240555Z AUTO 03006KT BKN042 OVC049 19/16 A3014 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@4200 | KMPE 240655Z AUTO 01004KT OVC042 18/16 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@4100 | KMPE 240755Z AUTO 36003KT OVC041 17/16 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | OVC@4100 | KMPE 240855Z AUTO 01004KT OVC041 17/16 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 47000 | 1 | OVC@4200 | KMPE 240955Z AUTO 35003KT OVC042 16/16 A3011 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 20000 | 1 | BKN@4000 | KMPE 241055Z AUTO 36003KT BKN040 15/15 A3012 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 19000 | 1 | SCT | 14000 - 18000 | 0 | KMPE 241155Z AUTO 36003KT 15/15 A3012 RMK AO2 | |||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 35000 - 41000 | 0 | SCT | 18000 - 18000 | 0 | KMPE 241255Z AUTO 01006KT 17/16 A3013 RMK AO2 | |||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 16000 - 18000 | 0 | CLR | KMPE 241355Z AUTO 03008KT CLR 19/17 A3013 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 1 | OVC@1300 | KMPE 241455Z AUTO 07007KT OVC013 21/17 A3014 RMK AO2 | |