IEM :: Satellite Cloud Product

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 Imager				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
0450Z	12:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMTH 120453Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02940250 403220289 $
0550Z	1:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 22000	0	CLR	KMTH 120553Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02830250 10300 20283 56004 $
0650Z	2:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 14000	0	CLR	KMTH 120653Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02830250 $
0750Z	3:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 15000	0	CLR	KMTH 120753Z AUTO 10003KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02830250 $
0850Z	4:53 AM	SCT		14000 - 14000	0	FEW@2300 SCT@3000 BKN@4300	KMTH 120853Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM FEW023 SCT030 BKN043 28/25 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02830250 56014 $
0950Z	5:53 AM	SCT		14000 - 16000	0	CLR	KMTH 120953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02780250 $
1050Z	6:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMTH 121053Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02780250
1150Z	7:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMTH 121153Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02830256 10283 20278 53008
1250Z	8:50 AM	CLR		-	0	BKN@2300 BKN@2800 BKN@3900	KMTH 121250Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM BKN023 BKN028 BKN039 31/26 A3005 RMK AO2
1350Z	9:48 AM	CLR		-	0	BKN@2500	KMTH 121348Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM BKN025 31/25 A3006 RMK AO2
1450Z	10:53 AM	CLR		-	0	BKN@2500 OVC@4200	KMTH 121453Z AUTO 10SM BKN025 OVC042 31/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T03110244 53005