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
0450Z	12:56 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		16000 - 29000	2	OVC@500	KFMH 300456Z COR 05008KT 6SM -RABR OVC005 19/19 A2967
0550Z	1:56 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		17000 - 26000	2	OVC@500	KFMH 300556Z 05006KT 6SM BR OVC005 19/19 A2966
0650Z	2:56 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		15000 - 26000	2	OVC@300	KFMH 300656Z 05008KT 5SM BR OVC003 19/19 A2966
0750Z	3:56 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		16000 - 21000	2	OVC@300	KFMH 300756Z 03007KT 2SM BR OVC003 19/19 A2965
0850Z	4:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 33000	4	SCT		15000 - 24000	2	BKN@300 OVC@1000	KFMH 300856Z 03007KT 2SM -RABR BKN003 OVC010 19/19 A2965
0950Z	5:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 33000	20	SCT		15000 - 28000	2	OVC@300	KFMH 300956Z 03007KT 2SM -RABR OVC003 19/19 A2966
1050Z	6:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 31000	53	SCT		16000 - 33000	1	OVC@300	KFMH 301056Z 02007KT 2SM -RA BR OVC003 19/19 A2968
1150Z	7:56 AM			-		SCT		15000 - 34000	2	OVC@300	KFMH 301156Z 02007KT 1 1/4SM -RA BR OVC003 19/19 A2969