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 | 12:53 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 0 | SCT | 23000 - 40000 | 0 | CLR | KPIL 060553Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP122 T02720250 10311 20267 403500256 50000 | |
| 0650Z | 1:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | FEW@1900 | KPIL 060653Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM FEW019 27/25 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02670250 | ||
| 0750Z | 2:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPIL 060753Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02670250 | ||
| 0850Z | 3:53 AM | SCT | 36000 - 52000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 50000 | 0 | CLR | KPIL 060853Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP110 T02670250 56013 | |
| 0950Z | 4:53 AM | SCT | 32000 - 52000 | 1 | SCT | 17000 - 52000 | 1 | CLR | KPIL 060953Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP107 T02610250 | ||
| 1050Z | 5:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 52000 | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPIL 061053Z AUTO 11003KT 8SM CLR 26/25 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP107 T02610250 | ||
| 1150Z | 6:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPIL 061153Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP111 T02610250 10272 20256 53002 | ||
| 1250Z | 7:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPIL 061253Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 26/25 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02610250 | ||
| 1350Z | 8:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPIL 061353Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02890261 | ||
| 1450Z | 9:53 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | BKN@2600 | KPIL 061453Z AUTO 16009G17KT 10SM BKN026 32/26 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T03170256 51017 | ||
| 1550Z | 10:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | SCT | 16000 - 34000 | 1 | FEW@2600 FEW@3400 SCT@4300 | KPIL 061553Z AUTO 10010KT 10SM FEW026 FEW034 SCT043 33/26 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP129 T03280261 | ||
| 1650Z | 11:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 20 | SCT | 14000 - 39000 | 15 | FEW@2500 FEW@3600 | KPIL 061653Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM VCTS FEW025 FEW036 34/23 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N TSB35E50 SLP130 T03440233 | ||
| 1750Z | 12:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 49000 | 26 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 23 | CLR | KPIL 061753Z AUTO 11015G22KT 10SM VCTS CLR 34/26 A2990 RMK AO2 WSHFT 1706 LTG DSNT SE AND S TSB1659E14 SLP125 T03390256 10344 20256 58004 | ||
| 1850Z | 1:50 PM | SCT | 13000 - 43000 | 30 | SCT | 14000 - 45000 | 39 | CLR | KPIL 061850Z AUTO 15014KT 1 1/4SM TS HZ CLR 34/24 A2989 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S TSB46 | ||
| 1950Z | 2:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 23 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 38 | SCT@3500 BKN@4900 | KPIL 061953Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM -RA SCT035 BKN049 28/24 A2987 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW RAB23 TSE26 SLP114 P0000 T02830244 | ||
| 2050Z | 3:53 PM | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 12 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 19 | CLR | KPIL 062053Z AUTO 11013G19KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A2985 RMK AO2 RAE00 SLP107 P0000 60000 T03220256 58017 | ||
| 2150Z | 4:53 PM | SCT | 20000 - 39000 | 1 | SCT | 13000 - 32000 | 1 | CLR | KPIL 062153Z AUTO 11018KT 10SM CLR 32/26 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP103 T03220256 | ||