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 | |||||||
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Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Mid Clouds | High Clouds | Levels [ft] | ECA [%] | Levels ft | METAR | ||
0650Z | 12:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 24 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 26 | BKN@9000 BKN@11000 | KBPI 090653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN090 BKN110 09/02 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP152 T00890022 402440056 | ||
0750Z | 1:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 13 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 12 | CLR | KBPI 090753Z AUTO 34007KT 10SM CLR 07/02 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP150 T00720017 | ||
0850Z | 2:53 AM | SCT | 13000 - 39000 | 16 | SCT | 13000 - 38000 | 20 | CLR | KBPI 090853Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 06/02 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP145 T00610022 58007 | ||
0950Z | 3:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 26 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 46 | CLR | KBPI 090953Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 04/02 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP145 T00440017 | ||
1050Z | 4:53 AM | BKN | 26000 - 37000 | 68 | BKN | 27000 - 36000 | 76 | FEW@9000 | KBPI 091053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW090 06/02 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP144 T00560022 | ||
1150Z | 5:53 AM | BKN | 28000 - 37000 | 75 | OVC | 22000 - 37000 | 78 | SCT@9500 BKN@12000 | KBPI 091153Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM SCT095 BKN120 08/03 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP150 T00830028 10100 20044 53008 | ||
1250Z | 6:53 AM | OVC | 31000 - 40000 | 73 | OVC | 23000 - 37000 | 68 | SCT@7000 BKN@9500 | KBPI 091253Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM SCT070 BKN095 11/03 A3024 RMK AO2 RAB31E49 SLP147 P0000 T01110033 | ||
1350Z | 7:53 AM | BKN | 30000 - 39000 | 54 | BKN | 24000 - 37000 | 46 | CLR | KBPI 091353Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 10/04 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01000044 | ||
1450Z | 8:53 AM | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 47 | BKN | 13000 - 38000 | 34 | FEW@8000 | KBPI 091453Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM FEW080 12/03 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP167 60000 T01170028 53001 |