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	1:00 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	OVC@800	KDNS 230600Z AUTO 11008KT 10SM OVC008 14/14 A3032 RMK AO2
0650Z	1:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	OVC@900	KDNS 230655Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM OVC009 14/14 A3032 RMK AO2
0750Z	2:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	SCT@1000 SCT@2000 OVC@4000	KDNS 230755Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM SCT010 SCT020 OVC040 14/14 A3032 RMK AO2
0850Z	3:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	OVC@4100	KDNS 230855Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM OVC041 14/14 A3032 RMK AO2
0950Z	4:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@900 BKN@2300 BKN@4800	KDNS 230955Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM FEW009 BKN023 BKN048 13/13 A3032 RMK AO2
1050Z	5:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@800 BKN@2300 OVC@4500	KDNS 231055Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM FEW008 BKN023 OVC045 13/13 A3032 RMK AO2
1150Z	6:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	BKN@600	KDNS 231155Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM BKN006 12/12 A3032 RMK AO2
1250Z	7:55 AM	SCT		13000 - 18000	1	SCT		13000 - 17000	2	CLR	KDNS 231255Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 12/12 A3034 RMK AO2