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		BKN	24000 - 34000	63		SCT	20000 - 36000	37	FEW@4000	KFMY 130553Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM FEW040 22/20 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP098 T02220200 10233 20222 58001
0650Z	1:53 AM	BKN		19000 - 29000	77	SCT		18000 - 28000	32	FEW@3500	KFMY 130653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW035 22/20 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP092 T02220200
0750Z	2:53 AM	BKN		17000 - 28000	63	SCT		13000 - 30000	29	FEW@5500	KFMY 130753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW055 22/20 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP086 T02220200
0850Z	3:53 AM	BKN		17000 - 29000	69	SCT		18000 - 28000	28	SCT@5000 SCT@7500 BKN@12000	KFMY 130853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT050 SCT075 BKN120 23/21 A2977 RMK AO2 RAB35E45 SLP084 P0000 60000 T02280206 56014
0950Z	4:53 AM	SCT		20000 - 29000	20	SCT		14000 - 26000	19	FEW@7000 FEW@11000	KFMY 130953Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM FEW070 FEW110 23/21 A2976 RMK AO2 SLP080 T02330206
1050Z	5:53 AM	BKN		16000 - 28000	84	SCT		18000 - 30000	29	FEW@2800 FEW@3400	KFMY 131053Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM FEW028 FEW034 23/19 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP081 T02330194
1150Z	5:53 AM	SCT		20000 - 22000	11	SCT		16000 - 26000	9	FEW@2800 FEW@3400	KFMY 131053Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM FEW028 FEW034 23/19 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP081 T02330194
1250Z	7:53 AM	BKN		13000 - 27000	47	SCT		18000 - 31000	24	FEW@3900	KFMY 131253Z 03011KT 10SM FEW039 21/17 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP095 T02110172 $