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 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 19000 | 0 | CLR | KPLD 290455Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A3019 RMK AO2 T01800115 | ||
| 0550Z | 1:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 15000 - 31000 | 0 | CLR | KPLD 290555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A3019 RMK AO2 T01700110 10237 20170 402670145 | ||
| 0650Z | 2:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPLD 290655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/10 A3018 RMK AO2 T01660104 | ||
| 0750Z | 3:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPLD 290755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/10 A3019 RMK AO2 T01490099 | ||
| 0850Z | 4:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | KPLD 290855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/10 A3018 RMK AO2 T01510097 | ||
| 0950Z | 5:55 AM | SCT | 14000 - 14000 | 0 | SCT | 14000 - 14000 | 0 | CLR | KPLD 290955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/10 A3018 RMK AO2 T01460099 | ||
| 1050Z | 6:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 19 | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 12 | CLR | KPLD 291055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/10 A3018 RMK AO2 T01460098 | |
| 1150Z | 7:55 AM | SCT | SCT | 13000 - 34000 | 2 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 5 | SCT@4000 BKN@4700 | KPLD 291155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT040 BKN047 15/10 A3020 RMK AO2 T01480104 10170 20142 | |
| 1250Z | 8:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | CLR | - | 0 | SCT@4200 SCT@4900 | KPLD 291255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT042 SCT049 17/12 A3021 RMK AO2 T01730118 | ||
| 1350Z | 9:55 AM | CLR | - | 0 | SCT | 13000 - 19000 | 3 | SCT@4500 | KPLD 291355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT045 21/12 A3021 RMK AO2 T02080120 | ||
| 1450Z | 10:55 AM | SCT | 40000 - 40000 | 0 | SCT | SCT | 14000 - 34000 | 2 | CLR | KPLD 291455Z AUTO 20008KT 7SM CLR 24/13 A3021 RMK AO2 T02370133 | |
| 1550Z | 11:55 AM | SCT | 40000 - 40000 | 3 | SCT | 15000 - 35000 | 17 | CLR | KPLD 291555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/14 A3021 RMK AO2 T02490137 | ||
| 1650Z | 12:35 PM | SCT | 13000 - 44000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 33000 | 24 | SCT@3500 | KPLD 291635Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT035 26/12 A3021 RMK AO2 T02600121 | ||