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	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 13000	0	OVC@1200	KMIW 140553Z AUTO 08008KT 8SM OVC012 22/21 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02220211 10256 20222 402670211 52004
0650Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0		SCT	13000 - 48000	10	OVC@1000	KMIW 140653Z AUTO 07008KT 7SM OVC010 22/21 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02220206
0750Z	2:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 48000	41	SCT	SCT	13000 - 49000	46	OVC@700	KMIW 140753Z AUTO 08010KT 5SM BR OVC007 22/21 A2995 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW SLP134 T02170206
0850Z	3:53 AM		BKN	16000 - 48000	47		BKN	13000 - 49000	56	OVC@600	KMIW 140853Z AUTO 08007KT 6SM BR OVC006 22/20 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP140 T02170200 55000
0950Z	4:53 AM		SCT	45000 - 48000	10		SCT	44000 - 48000	41	OVC@500	KMIW 140953Z AUTO 08008KT 4SM BR OVC005 21/21 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP141 T02110206
1050Z	5:53 AM		SCT	45000 - 47000	7		SCT	45000 - 49000	32	OVC@400	KMIW 141053Z AUTO 08010KT 4SM -RA BR OVC004 21/21 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE RAB47 SLP149 P0000 T02110206