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 West Sounder				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
1050Z	12:54 AM		OVC	31000 - 38000	92	CLR	PHMK 221054Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM CLR 22/15 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02170150 TSNO
1150Z	1:54 AM		OVC	30000 - 37000	92	CLR	PHMK 221154Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 70042 T02110150 10228 20189 50005 TSNO
1250Z	2:54 AM		OVC	33000 - 38000	93	CLR	PHMK 221254Z AUTO 09009KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP164 T02110150 TSNO
1350Z	3:54 AM		OVC	34000 - 43000	94	CLR	PHMK 221354Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM CLR 22/15 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02170150 TSNO
1450Z	4:54 AM		OVC	31000 - 38000	90	CLR	PHMK 221454Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 T02170156 55000 TSNO
1550Z	5:54 AM		OVC	28000 - 38000	89	CLR	PHMK 221554Z 03007KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02170167
1650Z	6:54 AM		OVC	27000 - 39000	84	CLR	PHMK 221654Z 03004KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02110172
1750Z	7:54 AM		OVC	25000 - 39000	88	FEW@3000	PHMK 221754Z 03004KT 10SM FEW030 22/17 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02170172 10217 20200 53011
1850Z	8:54 AM		OVC	21000 - 38000	75	FEW@3600	PHMK 221854Z 05003KT 10SM FEW036 23/18 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02280178