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	12:55 AM		BKN	33000 - 38000	81		OVC	32000 - 41000	82	CLR	KCNK 100555Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP099 T02440217 10294 20239 403110200 58003 $
0650Z	1:55 AM		BKN	38000 - 45000	63		BKN	37000 - 45000	58	FEW@11000	KCNK 100655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW110 24/22 A2989 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S AND SW SLP102 T02440217 $
0750Z	2:55 AM		BKN	31000 - 40000	84		BKN	31000 - 40000	79	FEW@4600 SCT@11000	KCNK 100755Z AUTO 24010G19KT 10SM -RA FEW046 SCT110 22/20 A2994 RMK AO2 PK WND 22028/0723 WSHFT 0703 LTG DSNT SE AND S RAB06 SLP121 P0002 T02170200 $
0850Z	3:48 AM		OVC	27000 - 34000	85		OVC	19000 - 38000	75	BKN@11000	KCNK 100848Z AUTO 06003KT 7SM VCTS RA BKN110 21/21 A2990 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E PRESFR P0008 T02110206 $
0950Z	4:55 AM	BKN		13000 - 36000	41	SCT		13000 - 34000	26	BKN@11000	KCNK 100955Z AUTO 10SM BKN110 21/20 A2988 RMK AO2 RAE19 PRESRR SLP101 P0002 T02110200 $
1050Z	5:55 AM	SCT		13000 - 34000	40	SCT		13000 - 32000	21	BKN@8500 OVC@11000	KCNK 101055Z AUTO 31007KT 10SM BKN085 OVC110 22/21 A2989 RMK AO2 PK WND 26034/0958 SLP103 T02170206 $
1150Z	6:55 AM	BKN		13000 - 37000	61	SCT		13000 - 35000	34	SCT@7000 BKN@12000	KCNK 101155Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM SCT070 BKN120 22/21 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP103 60013 70013 T02170206 10244 20206 53001 $