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
0850Z	12:56 AM	SCT		14000 - 17000	0	FEW@900 BKN@2300 OVC@4000	PAFE 080856Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM FEW009 BKN023 OVC040 13/12 A3022 RMK AO2 RAE48 SLP241 P0003 60003 T01280122 401720094 58000
0950Z	1:56 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT@700 OVC@2100	PAFE 080956Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM SCT007 OVC021 13/12 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP244 T01280122
1050Z	2:56 AM	CLR		-	0	OVC@1200	PAFE 081056Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM OVC012 13/12 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP245 T01280122
1150Z	3:56 AM	SCT		14000 - 18000	2	OVC@1000	PAFE 081156Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM OVC010 13/12 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP243 60003 70003 T01280122 10139 20128 50002
1250Z	4:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 28000	6	BKN@700 BKN@1300 OVC@3300	PAFE 081256Z AUTO 12008KT 10SM BKN007 BKN013 OVC033 13/12 A3024 RMK AO2 CIG 006V011 SLP248 T01280122
1350Z	5:56 AM	BKN		13000 - 29000	36	SCT@700 BKN@2100 OVC@3300	PAFE 081356Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM SCT007 BKN021 OVC033 13/13 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP252 T01280128
1450Z	6:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 33000	60	OVC@500	PAFE 081456Z AUTO 09007KT 10SM OVC005 13/12 A3024 RMK AO2 CIG 004V010 SLP247 T01280122 50004
1550Z	7:56 AM		OVC	28000 - 35000	78	OVC@700	PAFE 081556Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM OVC007 13/12 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP250 T01280122
1650Z	8:49 AM		OVC	30000 - 37000	80	FEW@700 BKN@4200 OVC@8000	PAFE 081649Z AUTO 11005KT 9SM -RA FEW007 BKN042 OVC080 13/12 A3026 RMK AO2 RAB02 P0002