IEM :: Satellite Cloud Product

Select Station: or Select from map

Information Last Ob Photographs Meteogram Network Table Neighbors Monthly Summaries Observation History Wind Roses Custom Wind Roses Data Calendar Satellite Cloud Product Download Terminal Aerodome Forecast

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
0750Z	12:46 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@400 BKN@1100	KSFO 050746Z 27014KT 10SM FEW004 BKN011 16/13 A2997 RMK AO2 T01610133 $
0850Z	1:56 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@400 SCT@1100	KSFO 050856Z 28011KT 10SM FEW004 SCT011 16/13 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP148 T01610133 50000 $
0950Z	2:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 14000	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@400 FEW@1100	KSFO 050956Z 29009KT 10SM FEW004 FEW011 16/13 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 T01560133 $