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	12:56 AM		OVC	18000 - 35000	62		OVC	17000 - 34000	63	OVC@900	KMML 260556Z AUTO 14013G18KT 10SM OVC009 16/15 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP193 60000 T01610150 10178 20161 401830150 57015
0650Z	1:56 AM		OVC	18000 - 34000	68		OVC	17000 - 34000	69	OVC@700	KMML 260656Z AUTO 14012KT 10SM -RA OVC007 16/15 A3007 RMK AO2 RAB38 SLP184 P0000 T01560150
0750Z	2:53 AM		OVC	28000 - 34000	81		OVC	21000 - 36000	76	OVC@500	KMML 260753Z AUTO 13014KT 10SM -RA OVC005 16/15 A3005 RMK AO2 CIG 004V008 P0002
0850Z	3:56 AM		OVC	26000 - 36000	82		OVC	27000 - 37000	75	OVC@500	KMML 260856Z AUTO 14013KT 8SM OVC005 A3003 RMK AO2 RAE51 CIG 004V009 SLPNO P0002 60004 56011 FZRANO
0950Z	4:56 AM		OVC	22000 - 35000	66		BKN	22000 - 34000	63	OVC@500	KMML 260956Z AUTO 14011KT 10SM -RA OVC005 16/16 A3002 RMK AO2 RAB11E20B43UPB20E26 CIG 004V009 SLP167 P0000 T01560156
1050Z	5:56 AM		OVC	22000 - 34000	69		BKN	22000 - 36000	64	OVC@700	KMML 261056Z AUTO 14011KT 10SM -RA OVC007 16/16 A3002 RMK AO2 CIG 004V011 SLP165 P0001 T01610156
1150Z	6:56 AM		BKN	19000 - 33000	65		BKN	19000 - 36000	60	OVC@700	KMML 261156Z AUTO 15012KT 8SM -RA OVC007 16/16 A3001 RMK AO2 RAE1059B29 SLP164 P0002 60007 70008 T01610156 56007