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
0550Z	12:52 AM	SCT		13000 - 21000	3	SCT		13000 - 19000	4	BKN@9500	KCID 140552Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN095 12/12 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP232 6//// T01220122 10150 20122 401670117 51010 PNO $
0650Z	1:52 AM	SCT		13000 - 13000	1	SCT		13000 - 13000	9	BKN@10000	KCID 140652Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM BKN100 12/12 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP232 T01220122 PNO $
0750Z	2:52 AM	SCT		13000 - 13000	0	SCT		13000 - 14000	10	SCT@9000 BKN@10000	KCID 140752Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM SCT090 BKN100 14/13 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP229 T01390128 PNO $
0850Z	3:52 AM	SCT		13000 - 14000	3	SCT		13000 - 14000	10	FEW@8000 BKN@11000	KCID 140852Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM FEW080 BKN110 13/12 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP221 6//// T01330122 58009 PNO $
0950Z	4:52 AM	SCT		13000 - 14000	20	SCT		13000 - 37000	28	SCT@6000 OVC@9000	KCID 140952Z 10005KT 10SM SCT060 OVC090 13/12 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP223 T01330122 PNO $
1050Z	5:52 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 44000	33		BKN	13000 - 44000	65	OVC@6000	KCID 141052Z 10008KT 10SM OVC060 14/12 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP218 T01390122 PNO $