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	12:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCW 110553Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP145 T01330117 10239 20133 402670111 58001
0650Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCW 110653Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP142 T01330122
0750Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCW 110753Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP135 T01330117
0850Z	3:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCW 110853Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP136 T01440122 55007
0950Z	4:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCW 110953Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01170111
1050Z	5:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCW 111053Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP129 T01220111
1150Z	6:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@6500	KMCW 111153Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM FEW065 13/12 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP132 T01280117 10144 20111 55006
1250Z	7:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCW 111253Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01440128
1350Z	8:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCW 111353Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP131 T01780150