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 | ||
| 0450Z | 12:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 51000 | 40 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 14 | FEW@4200 BKN@6500 OVC@7500 | KPIM 070455Z AUTO 10SM FEW042 BKN065 OVC075 23/23 A2994 RMK AO2 | |
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 6 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 0 | FEW@6000 SCT@7500 SCT@9000 | KPIM 070555Z AUTO 10SM FEW060 SCT075 SCT090 22/22 A2994 RMK AO2 10253 20219 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 13000 | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 2 | BKN@5000 BKN@8000 | KPIM 070655Z AUTO 10SM BKN050 BKN080 22/22 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 16000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 2 | OVC@5000 | KPIM 070755Z AUTO 10SM OVC050 23/23 A2993 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 24000 | 3 | SCT@5000 | KPIM 070855Z AUTO 10SM SCT050 22/22 A2994 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 17000 | 0 | BKN@500 BKN@900 | KPIM 070955Z AUTO 10SM BKN005 BKN009 22/22 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 14000 | 0 | OVC@300 | KPIM 071055Z AUTO 5SM BR OVC003 22/22 A2997 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 2 | BKN@300 | KPIM 071155Z AUTO 9SM BKN003 22/22 A3000 RMK AO2 10229 20217 70035 | |
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 9 | OVC@500 | KPIM 071255Z AUTO 10SM OVC005 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 22000 | 8 | SCT | 13000 - 37000 | 15 | FEW@1000 | KPIM 071355Z AUTO 10SM FEW010 25/24 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||