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 West Sounder				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
0450Z	12:53 AM	BKN		13000 - 32000	33	BKN@1200 OVC@1700	KBFD 060453Z AUTO 07004KT 9SM BKN012 OVC017 20/19 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP157 T02000189 402500189
0550Z	1:53 AM	BKN		13000 - 36000	25	BKN@700 OVC@1500	KBFD 060553Z AUTO 08004KT 8SM BKN007 OVC015 20/19 A3003 RMK AO2 CIG 004V012 SLP153 T02000189 10200 20189 50002
0650Z	2:53 AM		BKN	13000 - 36000	30	BKN@400 OVC@1700	KBFD 060653Z AUTO 07005KT 7SM BKN004 OVC017 19/19 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP149 T01940189
0750Z	3:53 AM		BKN	14000 - 38000	40	OVC@300	KBFD 060753Z AUTO 09004KT 5SM BR OVC003 19/18 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP148 T01890183
0850Z	4:53 AM		SCT	18000 - 37000	33	OVC@300	KBFD 060853Z AUTO 03003KT 5SM BR OVC003 19/18 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP154 T01890183 53001
0950Z	5:53 AM		SCT	18000 - 34000	15	OVC@300	KBFD 060953Z AUTO 10004KT 5SM BR OVC003 19/18 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP156 T01890183
1050Z	6:53 AM		SCT	16000 - 30000	18	SCT@300 BKN@4700 OVC@11000	KBFD 061053Z AUTO 10003KT 4SM BR SCT003 BKN047 OVC110 19/18 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01890183