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
0650Z	12:55 AM	BKN		13000 - 33000	63	BKN		13000 - 29000	40	OVC@3300	KGYY 040655Z AUTO 17009G16KT 10SM OVC033 21/20 A2974 RMK AO2
0750Z	1:55 AM		OVC	19000 - 33000	69		SCT	18000 - 33000	38	BKN@2900 OVC@3400	KGYY 040755Z AUTO 18010G17KT 10SM BKN029 OVC034 22/18 A2974 RMK AO2
0850Z	2:55 AM	OVC		14000 - 30000	73		SCT	17000 - 30000	25	BKN@2900 BKN@3600 OVC@7500	KGYY 040855Z AUTO 17010G17KT 10SM BKN029 BKN036 OVC075 21/19 A2970 RMK AO2
0950Z	3:55 AM	BKN		14000 - 27000	58	SCT		13000 - 28000	31	BKN@2200 OVC@3000	KGYY 040955Z AUTO 20015G22KT 10SM BKN022 OVC030 20/20 A2971 RMK AO2
1050Z	4:15 AM		BKN	19000 - 29000	59	SCT		13000 - 27000	18	BKN@1900 OVC@2300	KGYY 041015Z AUTO 18011G19KT 150V210 10SM BKN019 OVC023 19/19 A2971 RMK AO2
1150Z	5:50 AM		BKN	13000 - 42000	56		SCT	13000 - 33000	27	OVC@1400	KGYY 041150Z 16010G23KT 10SM -RA OVC014 18/18 A2970