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
0650Z	12:53 AM		BKN	26000 - 34000	75		SCT	23000 - 35000	38	BKN@1500 OVC@2900	KSBM 260653Z AUTO 14011G17KT 10SM BKN015 OVC029 02/M01 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP134 T00221006 TSNO
0750Z	1:53 AM		BKN	18000 - 33000	71		SCT	15000 - 32000	29	BKN@1600 OVC@2500	KSBM 260753Z AUTO 14012G19KT 10SM BKN016 OVC025 02/M01 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP114 T00221006 TSNO
0850Z	2:53 AM		BKN	14000 - 32000	60		SCT	16000 - 31000	27	BKN@1700 OVC@2300	KSBM 260853Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM BKN017 OVC023 02/01 A2979 RMK AO2 UPB06E10B37E50RAB10E37 PRESFR SLP095 P0005 60005 T00170006 58039 TSNO
0950Z	3:53 AM		OVC	16000 - 31000	72		SCT	22000 - 30000	19	BKN@1700 OVC@3200	KSBM 260953Z AUTO 16014G22KT 4SM RA BR BKN017 OVC032 02/01 A2973 RMK AO2 UPB0857E37RAB07E17B37 SLP076 P0008 T00170006 TSNO
1050Z	4:53 AM	BKN		13000 - 32000	59	SCT		13000 - 28000	20	BKN@900 OVC@1400	KSBM 261053Z AUTO 16010G19KT 10SM BKN009 OVC014 02/01 A2971 RMK AO2 RAE25UPB25E32 CIG 008V012 SLP069 P0004 T00170006 TSNO
1150Z	5:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 26000	11	SCT		13000 - 27000	10	OVC@600	KSBM 261153Z AUTO 17006KT 5SM BR OVC006 02/01 A2969 RMK AO2 SLP062 60017 70017 T00170011 10022 20017 56032 TSNO