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
0450Z	12:51 AM	SCT		13000 - 32000	0	SCT		17000 - 21000	0	CLR	KPVD 210451Z AUTO 28005KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP086 T01830117 402720172 $
0550Z	1:51 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 26000	2	CLR	KPVD 210551Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP088 T01720117 10217 20172 53002 $
0650Z	2:51 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 17000	0	CLR	KPVD 210651Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP086 T01720111 $
0750Z	3:51 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 19000	1	CLR	KPVD 210751Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP087 T01560111 $
0850Z	4:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KPVD 210851Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM CLR 15/11 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP088 T01500111 55000 $
0950Z	5:51 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 14000	1	FEW@15000 SCT@25000	KPVD 210951Z 26005KT 10SM FEW150 SCT250 16/11 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP093 T01560106 $
1050Z	6:51 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 14000	1	FEW@12000 FEW@25000	KPVD 211051Z 26007KT 10SM FEW120 FEW250 18/11 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP099 T01780111 $
1150Z	7:51 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 13000	0	FEW@12000	KPVD 211151Z 28007KT 10SM FEW120 21/11 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP102 70001 T02060111 10206 20150 51013 $