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	SCT		13000 - 40000	27	BKN		13000 - 35000	29	OVC@10000	KCMI 200553Z 33011KT 10SM OVC100 15/12 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP202 T01500117 10222 20144 402560144 50010
0650Z	1:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 35000	28	SCT		13000 - 32000	25	BKN@10000	KCMI 200653Z 35008KT 10SM BKN100 14/12 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP198 T01390117
0750Z	2:53 AM	BKN		13000 - 20000	42	BKN		13000 - 32000	41	OVC@10000	KCMI 200753Z 33013G19KT 10SM OVC100 14/11 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP204 T01390106
0850Z	3:53 AM		OVC	13000 - 36000	52		BKN	13000 - 30000	41	FEW@9000 BKN@11000	KCMI 200853Z 34012KT 10SM FEW090 BKN110 13/10 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP208 T01280100 53005
0950Z	4:53 AM		BKN	24000 - 35000	56		BKN	13000 - 36000	53	CLR	KCMI 200953Z 34009KT 10SM CLR 12/10 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP209 T01220100
1050Z	5:53 AM		OVC	24000 - 35000	68		BKN	25000 - 36000	55	OVC@3600	KCMI 201053Z 35012KT 10SM OVC036 13/09 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01280094
1150Z	6:53 AM		BKN	25000 - 33000	65		SCT	25000 - 34000	37	FEW@2000 OVC@3400	KCMI 201153Z 35009KT 10SM FEW020 OVC034 12/10 A3019 RMK AO2 RAB1056E53 SLP221 P0001 60001 70001 T01170100 10150 20117 53013
1250Z	7:53 AM		OVC	26000 - 31000	81		BKN	25000 - 34000	59	OVC@2000	KCMI 201253Z 36011KT 10SM OVC020 13/10 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP224 T01280100