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				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
0450Z	12:54 AM		BKN	13000 - 36000	53	SCT@11000	KBOS 100454Z 21018G25KT 10SM SCT110 23/18 A2985 RMK AO2 PK WND 22027/0443 SLP109 T02280183 402440161
0550Z	1:54 AM	OVC		15000 - 37000	67	FEW@4000 SCT@10000	KBOS 100554Z 21019G25KT 10SM FEW040 SCT100 23/18 A2983 RMK AO2 PK WND 21030/0534 SLP101 60002 T02280183 10228 20217 56028
0650Z	2:54 AM		OVC	21000 - 36000	67	FEW@4000 SCT@11000	KBOS 100654Z 22017G29KT 10SM FEW040 SCT110 23/18 A2980 RMK AO2 PK WND 21030/0639 SLP092 T02330178
0750Z	3:54 AM		OVC	18000 - 40000	54	FEW@4000 BKN@9500	KBOS 100754Z 22019G26KT 10SM FEW040 BKN095 23/18 A2981 RMK AO2 PK WND 21030/0657 SLP092 T02330178
0850Z	4:54 AM		OVC	21000 - 36000	66	FEW@4700 BKN@9000 BKN@11000	KBOS 100854Z 22015KT 10SM FEW047 BKN090 BKN110 23/18 A2979 RMK AO2 RAB07E23 SLP088 P0001 60001 T02280183 56013
0950Z	5:54 AM		OVC	19000 - 37000	74	FEW@6000 OVC@10000	KBOS 100954Z 23017G24KT 10SM FEW060 OVC100 23/18 A2979 RMK AO2 PK WND 23027/0859 SLP086 T02330183
1050Z	6:54 AM		BKN	14000 - 51000	37	FEW@6000 SCT@7500 OVC@11000	KBOS 101054Z 23016KT 10SM -RA FEW060 SCT075 OVC110 23/18 A2979 RMK AO2 PK WND 23026/1020 RAB41 SLP087 P0000 T02330183