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 Imager				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
0450Z	12:55 AM	CLR		-	0	FEW@3400 SCT@4200	TJPS 130455Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM FEW034 SCT042 27/25 A2998 RMK AO2
0550Z	1:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR	TJPS 130555Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A2997 RMK AO2
0650Z	2:55 AM	CLR		-	0	FEW@3600 FEW@4500	TJPS 130655Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM FEW036 FEW045 27/25 A2995 RMK AO2
0750Z	3:55 AM	CLR		-	0	FEW@3200 SCT@4000 BKN@4800	TJPS 130755Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM FEW032 SCT040 BKN048 27/24 A2997 RMK AO2
0850Z	4:55 AM	CLR		-	0	FEW@3100 SCT@4600 BKN@5000	TJPS 130855Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM FEW031 SCT046 BKN050 26/24 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW
0950Z	5:55 AM	CLR		-	0	FEW@3000 FEW@3500 SCT@5500	TJPS 130955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW030 FEW035 SCT055 26/25 A2999 RMK AO2
1050Z	6:55 AM	SCT		13000 - 24000	2		TJPS 131055Z AUTO 07004KT 9SM 27/25 A3002 RMK AO2
1150Z	7:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR	TJPS 131155Z AUTO 10007KT 9SM CLR 30/25 A3003 RMK AO2
1250Z	8:55 AM	CLR		-	0	FEW@2900 FEW@3600	TJPS 131255Z AUTO 11013G20KT 8SM FEW029 FEW036 32/25 A3004 RMK AO2
1350Z	9:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 49000	0	CLR	TJPS 131355Z AUTO 13015G21KT 9SM CLR 33/23 A3005 RMK AO2
1450Z	10:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 51000	7	CLR	TJPS 131455Z AUTO 13021KT 7SM CLR 33/25 A3005 RMK AO2