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	12:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 30000	0	SCT		13000 - 29000	1	CLR	KGSP 300453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/11 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP225 T01110106 402390111 $
0550Z	1:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 28000	0	SCT	SCT	13000 - 32000	2	CLR	KGSP 300553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/11 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP223 T01110106 10156 20111 58008 $
0650Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KGSP 300653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/11 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP222 T01110106 $
0750Z	3:53 AM	CLR		-	0		SCT	16000 - 29000	0	CLR	KGSP 300753Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 11/11 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP219 T01110111 $
0850Z	4:53 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 24000	0	CLR	KGSP 300853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP216 T01170106 58006 $
0950Z	5:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KGSP 300953Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/10 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01060100 $
1050Z	6:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KGSP 301053Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP225 T01110094 $
1150Z	7:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KGSP 301153Z 00000KT 8SM CLR 09/09 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP230 T00940089 10117 20089 53010
1250Z	8:53 AM		SCT	33000 - 39000	2	SCT		13000 - 30000	4	CLR	KGSP 301253Z 02003KT 10SM CLR 12/11 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP235 T01220106