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
0450Z	12:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMPV 240451Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/09 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP244 T01170089 402330094
0550Z	1:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMPV 240551Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP246 T01110089 10200 20111 51011
0650Z	2:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMPV 240651Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP249 T01000083
0750Z	3:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMPV 240751Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP250 T01000078
0850Z	4:51 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 18000	0	CLR	KMPV 240851Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP252 T00940072 51006
0950Z	5:51 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 15000	0	VV @100	KMPV 240951Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV001 09/07 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP254 T00890072 $
1050Z	6:51 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 13000	0	CLR	KMPV 241051Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/09 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP258 T01000094