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
0950Z	12:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 23000	5	BKN@500 OVC@1300	PASC 020953Z 21003KT 6SM -SN BR BKN005 OVC013 M05/M06 A2962 RMK AO2 SLP032 P0000 T10501061 $
1050Z	1:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 21000	5	OVC@500	PASC 021053Z 24003KT 4SM -SN BR OVC005 M05/M06 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP035 P0000 T10501056 $
1150Z	2:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 23000	6	BKN@500 OVC@1800	PASC 021153Z 00000KT 4SM -SN BR BKN005 OVC018 M04/M06 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP034 P0000 60000 T10441056 11044 21056 50005 $
1250Z	3:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 18000	3	BKN@700 OVC@2000	PASC 021253Z 28004KT 7SM -SN BKN007 OVC020 M04/M06 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP035 P0000 T10441056 $
1350Z	4:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 22000	7	OVC@500	PASC 021353Z 00000KT 10SM OVC005 M04/M05 A2963 RMK AO2 SNE23 SLP035 P0000 T10441050 $
1450Z	5:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 25000	9	OVC@200	PASC 021453Z 00000KT 10SM OVC002 M04/M05 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP033 60000 T10391050 58001 $
1550Z	6:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 23000	8	OVC@300	PASC 021553Z 00000KT 3SM -SN BR OVC003 M04/M04 A2962 RMK AO2 SNB08 SLP032 P0000 T10441044 $
1650Z	7:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 27000	11	SCT@300 OVC@1200	PASC 021653Z 27004KT 4SM -SN BR SCT003 OVC012 M04/M05 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP033 P0000 T10441050 $
1750Z	8:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 27000	13	FEW@700 OVC@1600	PASC 021753Z 24003KT 3SM -SN BR FEW007 OVC016 M04/M06 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP033 P0000 60000 T10441056 11039 21050 53000