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
0450Z	12:51 AM		SCT	13000 - 51000	18		SCT	13000 - 38000	21	CLR	KCSG 300451Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01610133 402670150
0550Z	1:51 AM		SCT	13000 - 49000	11		SCT	13000 - 38000	17	CLR	KCSG 300551Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP210 T01780133 10222 20156 58004
0650Z	2:51 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 51000	16	SCT	SCT	13000 - 38000	14	CLR	KCSG 300651Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP213 T01720133
0750Z	3:51 AM	SCT		13000 - 38000	1	SCT		13000 - 18000	0	CLR	KCSG 300751Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01560128
0850Z	4:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSG 300851Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP213 T01440128 51003
0950Z	5:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSG 300951Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP214 T01390122
1050Z	6:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSG 301051Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP217 T01390122
1150Z	7:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSG 301151Z AUTO 33003KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP219 T01440122 10183 20128 53005
1250Z	8:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCSG 301251Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP225 T01560133