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 | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 15 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 20 | OVC@6000 | KMPE 130555Z AUTO 20004KT OVC060 23/22 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 11 | BKN@5500 OVC@6500 | KMPE 130655Z AUTO 22004KT BKN055 OVC065 23/22 A2999 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 48000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 11 | OVC@6000 | KMPE 130755Z AUTO 21004KT OVC060 23/23 A2998 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | 17000 - 52000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 5 | BKN@6000 | KMPE 130855Z AUTO 22005KT BKN060 23/23 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | SCT | 30000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 2 | KMPE 130955Z AUTO 21004KT 24/23 A3000 RMK AO2 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 20000 - 52000 | 4 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 4 | OVC@6500 | KMPE 131055Z AUTO 00000KT OVC065 23/23 A3003 RMK AO2 | |
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 50000 | 2 | SCT | 18000 - 52000 | 3 | KMPE 131155Z AUTO 00000KT 23/23 A3004 RMK AO2 | ||