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				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
0450Z	12:51 AM		SCT	13000 - 44000	20	CLR	KBED 110451Z AUTO 26007KT 10SM CLR 20/11 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP112 T02000106 402940194
0550Z	1:51 AM		SCT	13000 - 44000	18	CLR	KBED 110551Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM CLR 19/11 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP113 T01890106 10239 20183 51008
0650Z	2:51 AM		BKN	13000 - 45000	36	CLR	KBED 110651Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM CLR 18/11 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP117 T01780111
0750Z	3:51 AM		BKN	23000 - 42000	51	CLR	KBED 110751Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP122 T01720111
0850Z	4:51 AM		BKN	13000 - 45000	40	CLR	KBED 110851Z AUTO 02008KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP131 T01560111 53018
0950Z	5:51 AM		SCT	13000 - 43000	41	CLR	KBED 110951Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP138 T01440117
1050Z	6:51 AM		BKN	13000 - 43000	25	CLR	KBED 111051Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01220111
1150Z	7:51 AM		BKN	13000 - 44000	31	CLR	KBED 111151Z 34005KT 10SM CLR 17/10 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP146 T01720100 10189 20122 51014
1250Z	8:51 AM		SCT	32000 - 43000	22	CLR	KBED 111251Z 33006KT 10SM CLR 18/11 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP149 T01830106