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	12:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMUT 200555Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 22/20 A2996 RMK A01
0650Z	1:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMUT 200655Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 20/19 A2995 RMK A01
0750Z	2:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMUT 200755Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 20/19 A2995 RMK A01
0850Z	3:55 AM		SCT	43000 - 50000	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMUT 200855Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 19/19 A2993 RMK A01
0950Z	4:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMUT 200955Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 18/18 A2993 RMK A01
1050Z	5:55 AM		SCT	15000 - 52000	6		SCT	13000 - 43000	7	CLR	KMUT 201055Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR CLR 18/18 A2992 RMK A01
1150Z	6:55 AM		BKN	30000 - 52000	39		BKN	14000 - 39000	36	CLR	KMUT 201155Z AUTO 00000KT 1 3/4SM BR CLR 19/19 A2993 RMK A01
1250Z	7:55 AM		BKN	13000 - 52000	39		SCT	13000 - 40000	25	BKN@5000	KMUT 201255Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR BKN050 21/20 A2992 RMK A01