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		SCT	13000 - 36000	16		SCT	13000 - 30000	8	CLR	KJMS 030556Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP102 T01610133 10250 20161 402830144 58007
0650Z	1:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 36000	16		SCT	13000 - 35000	6	CLR	KJMS 030656Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP099 T01610133
0750Z	2:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 38000	19		SCT	13000 - 38000	15	CLR	KJMS 030756Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP089 T01500133
0850Z	3:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 39000	26		BKN	13000 - 39000	35	CLR	KJMS 030856Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP086 T01500133 58016
0950Z	4:56 AM		OVC	13000 - 39000	73		BKN	13000 - 39000	56	CLR	KJMS 030956Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A2979 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP081 T01610139
1050Z	5:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 35000	27		SCT	13000 - 38000	26	CLR	KJMS 031056Z AUTO 07010KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A2976 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W SLP071 T01670144
1150Z	6:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 29000	7	SCT		13000 - 26000	9	CLR	KJMS 031156Z AUTO 10008KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP076 T01670144 10172 20150 55009
1250Z	7:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 41000	21	SCT		13000 - 37000	12	CLR	KJMS 031256Z AUTO 11010KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP070 T01780144