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 East Sounder				Satellite West Sounder				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
0450Z	12:53 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		15000 - 35000	1	CLR	KMCN 140453Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02110206 403500206
0550Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCN 140553Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 21/21 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02060206 10300 20200 58003
0650Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		15000 - 16000	0	CLR	KMCN 140653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02060206
0750Z	3:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCN 140753Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 20/20 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02000200
0850Z	4:53 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT	SCT	13000 - 39000	1	CLR	KMCN 140853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP160 T01940194 58000
0950Z	5:53 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		14000 - 21000	1	CLR	KMCN 140953Z AUTO 26003KT 9SM CLR 19/19 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01940194
1050Z	6:53 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		16000 - 37000	0	CLR	KMCN 141053Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01940189
1150Z	7:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCN 141153Z 27004KT 8SM CLR 21/19 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02060194 10211 20189 53014