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	12:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCB 080653Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM CLR 09/05 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP207 T00940050
0750Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 27000	1	CLR	KMCB 080753Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 09/05 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP205 T00890050
0850Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCB 080853Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM CLR 07/04 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP206 T00720044 51002
0950Z	3:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCB 080953Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 08/05 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP207 T00780050
1050Z	4:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMCB 081053Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM CLR 08/04 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP213 T00780044
1150Z	5:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 29000	0	SCT		13000 - 30000	2	CLR	KMCB 081153Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 07/04 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP216 T00720039 10100 20067 53009
1250Z	6:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 33000	12	SCT		13000 - 30000	18	CLR	KMCB 081253Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM CLR 07/04 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP219 T00720039
1350Z	7:53 AM		SCT	32000 - 33000	1	SCT		13000 - 30000	11	CLR	KMCB 081353Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM CLR 09/04 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP222 T00940039
1450Z	8:53 AM		SCT	32000 - 47000	2		SCT	30000 - 35000	2	CLR	KMCB 081453Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM CLR 13/03 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP221 T01280033 50005