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	5:50 AM		SCT	13000 - 52000	16	SCT		13000 - 47000	24	CLR	KHUM 151150Z 03006KT 7SM CLR 09/07 A3022
0750Z	5:50 AM		SCT	13000 - 52000	17	BKN		13000 - 46000	28	CLR	KHUM 151150Z 03006KT 7SM CLR 09/07 A3022
0850Z	5:50 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 53000	15	SCT		13000 - 38000	18	CLR	KHUM 151150Z 03006KT 7SM CLR 09/07 A3022
0950Z	5:50 AM		BKN	13000 - 50000	34	BKN		13000 - 34000	34	CLR	KHUM 151150Z 03006KT 7SM CLR 09/07 A3022
1050Z	5:50 AM		SCT	13000 - 51000	17		BKN	13000 - 42000	33	CLR	KHUM 151150Z 03006KT 7SM CLR 09/07 A3022
1150Z	5:50 AM		OVC	24000 - 44000	72		OVC	13000 - 33000	68	CLR	KHUM 151150Z 03006KT 7SM CLR 09/07 A3022
1250Z	6:50 AM		BKN	13000 - 38000	45		BKN	13000 - 31000	41	CLR	KHUM 151250Z 03006KT 7SM CLR 10/07 A3023
1350Z	7:50 AM	BKN		13000 - 29000	53	BKN		13000 - 29000	40	CLR	KHUM 151350Z 01011KT 7SM CLR 12/08 A3024