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 | ||
| 0440Z | 12:35 AM | - | OVC | 42000 - 51000 | 51 | CLR | KPIM 220435Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | OVC | 39000 - 50000 | 77 | OVC | 40000 - 49000 | 74 | CLR | KPIM 220555Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2993 RMK AO2 10294 20242 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:56 AM | BKN | 39000 - 52000 | 62 | OVC | 40000 - 50000 | 65 | FEW@4800 | KPIM 220656Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM FEW048 24/24 A2996 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | OVC | 37000 - 43000 | 82 | OVC | 38000 - 44000 | 78 | FEW@1700 | KPIM 220755Z AUTO 20003KT 10SM FEW017 24/24 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | OVC | 36000 - 52000 | 66 | BKN | 37000 - 45000 | 64 | BKN@1000 BKN@1600 | KPIM 220855Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM BKN010 BKN016 24/24 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | BKN | 35000 - 52000 | 52 | OVC | 33000 - 48000 | 48 | OVC@600 | KPIM 220955Z AUTO 16006KT 120V190 10SM OVC006 24/24 A2992 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | OVC | 33000 - 52000 | 43 | OVC | 33000 - 48000 | 45 | BKN@1000 OVC@1500 | KPIM 221055Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM BKN010 OVC015 24/24 A2995 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | OVC | 20000 - 51000 | 48 | OVC | 23000 - 47000 | 44 | OVC@1200 | KPIM 221155Z AUTO VRB02KT 10SM OVC012 25/25 A3000 RMK AO2 10248 20232 70000 | ||
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 48000 | 47 | BKN | 14000 - 42000 | 35 | BKN@1400 BKN@2600 BKN@5000 | KPIM 221255Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM BKN014 BKN026 BKN050 25/25 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 38 | BKN | 13000 - 41000 | 33 | BKN@1500 BKN@1900 OVC@2400 | KPIM 221355Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM BKN015 BKN019 OVC024 27/25 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 49000 | 43 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 37 | SCT@1900 SCT@2300 BKN@2800 | KPIM 221455Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM SCT019 SCT023 BKN028 28/24 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 42000 | 45 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 27 | FEW@2700 BKN@3800 BKN@4500 | KPIM 221555Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM FEW027 BKN038 BKN045 28/24 A3002 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:57 PM | BKN | 13000 - 43000 | 41 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 23 | SCT@2500 BKN@5000 | KPIM 221657Z AUTO 14007KT 110V180 10SM SCT025 BKN050 30/23 A3001 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1750Z | 1:55 PM | BKN | 13000 - 46000 | 46 | BKN | 13000 - 37000 | 26 | BKN@2600 BKN@3100 BKN@6000 | KPIM 221755Z AUTO 21009G18KT 1SM +RA BR BKN026 BKN031 BKN060 27/26 A3002 RMK AO2 P0005 VIS 1/2V5 10305 20245 | ||