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 | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 2 | CLR | KPAM 240555Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 30/27 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02970271 10315 20291 403510280 58003 $ | |
| 0650Z | 1:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 15000 - 45000 | 1 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 4 | CLR | KPAM 240655Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM CLR 30/27 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02970269 $ |
| 0750Z | 2:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 41000 | 6 | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 13 | CLR | KPAM 240755Z AUTO 26006KT 10SM CLR 30/27 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02980265 $ | |
| 0850Z | 3:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 23 | OVC | 16000 - 42000 | 21 | FEW@13000 | KPAM 240855Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM FEW130 30/26 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02980261 53001 $ | |
| 0950Z | 4:55 AM | BKN | 18000 - 45000 | 31 | SCT | 13000 - 42000 | 24 | FEW@13000 | KPAM 240955Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM FEW130 29/26 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02930261 $ | ||
| 1050Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 45000 | 18 | SCT | 13000 - 40000 | 15 | SCT@13000 | KPAM 241055Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM SCT130 29/26 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02890263 $ | ||
| 1150Z | 6:55 AM | BKN | 13000 - 34000 | 41 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 28 | SCT@1700 BKN@13000 | KPAM 241155Z 28006KT 10SM SCT017 BKN130 30/27 A2998 RMK AO2A SLP155 T03010268 10301 20285 53009 $ | ||
| 1250Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 28000 | 22 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 18 | SCT@14000 | KPAM 241255Z AUTO 28007KT 10SM SCT140 31/27 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP159 T03090268 $ | ||
| 1350Z | 8:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 18000 | 3 | SCT@1400 BKN@2500 BKN@12000 | KPAM 241355Z 00000KT 10SM SCT014 BKN025 BKN120 30/27 A3000 RMK AO2A CIG 014V020 SLP162 T03040271 $ | ||
| 1450Z | 9:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 2 | SCT@2000 | KPAM 241455Z 31005KT 10SM SCT020 31/27 A3000 RMK AO2A SLP162 T03080265 52005 $ | |
| 1550Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 26000 | 1 | SCT@2000 | KPAM 241455Z 31005KT 10SM SCT020 31/27 A3000 RMK AO2A SLP162 T03080265 52005 $ | ||
| 1650Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 3 | SCT | 13000 - 36000 | 4 | CLR | KPAM 241655Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM CLR 33/26 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E SLP162 T03260264 $ | ||
| 1750Z | 12:55 PM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 46000 | 11 | BKN | 13000 - 40000 | 26 | SCT@1900 SCT@13000 | KPAM 241755Z 26010KT 10SM SCT019 SCT130 33/27 A2999 RMK AO2A LTG DSNT NE-E SLP159 T03310271 10334 20300 58004 $ | |
| 1850Z | 1:55 PM | SCT | 13000 - 47000 | 21 | BKN | 16000 - 45000 | 47 | FEW@17000 | KPAM 241855Z 25009KT 10SM FEW170 33/26 A2998 RMK AO2A LTG DSNT E SLP155 T03290259 $ | ||