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	KCSM 090553Z 17015KT 10SM CLR 30/17 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP151 T03000167 10367 20300 403890256 51007
0650Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSM 090653Z AUTO 17014KT 10SM CLR 29/17 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02940167
0750Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSM 090753Z AUTO 17012KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02830167
0850Z	3:54 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSM 090854Z AUTO 17012KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02780167 $
0950Z	4:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSM 090953Z AUTO 18013KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02720172 $
1050Z	5:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSM 091053Z AUTO 18012KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02670172 $
1150Z	6:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSM 091153Z AUTO 17012KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP157 T02610172 10300 20261 53005 $
1250Z	7:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSM 091253Z AUTO 18012KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02610178 $