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		SCT	27000 - 41000	0	SCT		13000 - 35000	3	CLR	KPIE 090553Z AUTO 02007KT 10SM CLR 21/17 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02060167 10217 20200 58004
0650Z	1:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 52000	4		SCT	13000 - 36000	14	CLR	KPIE 090653Z AUTO 01006KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02000161
0750Z	2:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 53000	13	SCT		13000 - 35000	19	CLR	KPIE 090753Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02000161
0850Z	3:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 53000	6	SCT		13000 - 34000	11	CLR	KPIE 090853Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01940167 55005
0950Z	4:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 52000	8		SCT	13000 - 33000	16	CLR	KPIE 090953Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01940178
1050Z	5:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 52000	12	SCT		13000 - 34000	16	CLR	KPIE 091053Z 08004KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02000183
1150Z	6:53 AM	SCT	SCT	14000 - 45000	2	SCT		14000 - 29000	0	CLR	KPIE 091153Z 10003KT 10SM CLR 20/18 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T02000183 10206 20194 53013
1250Z	7:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KPIE 091253Z 07006KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP191 T02110189