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	12:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 45000	26	CLR	KHPN 140456Z 32003KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP104 T02110200 402500178
0550Z	1:56 AM		BKN	14000 - 46000	46	CLR	KHPN 140556Z 30006KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP103 T02170206 10222 20194 56013
0650Z	2:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 46000	46	CLR	KHPN 140656Z 31008KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP105 T02110194
0750Z	3:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 43000	33	CLR	KHPN 140756Z 31010KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP109 T02110183
0850Z	4:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 43000	22	SCT@9000	KHPN 140856Z 35006KT 10SM SCT090 20/18 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02000178 53010
0950Z	5:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 18000	25	BKN@8000 OVC@9500	KHPN 140956Z 32008KT 10SM BKN080 OVC095 20/18 A2992 RMK AO2 PRESRR SLP127 T02000178
1050Z	6:56 AM	BKN		13000 - 32000	45	BKN@11000	KHPN 141056Z 32015G24KT 10SM BKN110 20/17 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02000172
1150Z	7:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 17000	18	CLR	KHPN 141156Z 32013KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP152 70151 T01940144 10217 20189 51036
1250Z	8:56 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR	KHPN 141256Z 32013KT 10SM CLR 20/15 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02000150