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	12:55 AM		BKN	32000 - 46000	36		OVC	19000 - 36000	40	CLR	KGYH 310455Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 16/10 A3028 RMK AO2
0550Z	1:55 AM		OVC	31000 - 41000	38		BKN	13000 - 37000	34	CLR	KGYH 310555Z AUTO 01006KT 10SM CLR 17/09 A3028 RMK AO2
0650Z	2:55 AM		BKN	13000 - 40000	36		BKN	13000 - 35000	32	CLR	KGYH 310655Z AUTO 03006KT 10SM CLR 16/09 A3030 RMK AO2
0750Z	3:55 AM		BKN	13000 - 38000	35		BKN	13000 - 33000	35	CLR	KGYH 310755Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 17/08 A3030 RMK AO2
0850Z	4:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 40000	16		BKN	13000 - 31000	33	CLR	KGYH 310855Z AUTO 05007KT 10SM CLR 16/08 A3031 RMK AO2
0950Z	5:35 AM		OVC	26000 - 39000	41		BKN	13000 - 34000	39	CLR	KGYH 310935Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM CLR 16/07 A3032 RMK AO2
1050Z	6:47 AM		BKN	14000 - 43000	48		BKN	13000 - 36000	40	CLR	KGYH 311047Z 05010KT 10SM CLR 16/04 A3035
1150Z	7:47 AM		BKN	13000 - 38000	37		BKN	13000 - 32000	42	CLR	KGYH 311147Z 04010KT 10SM CLR 14/05 A3037
1250Z	8:47 AM		SCT	13000 - 34000	7	SCT		13000 - 32000	24	CLR	KGYH 311247Z 04012KT 10SM CLR 15/05 A3041
1350Z	9:47 AM		SCT	13000 - 42000	11	SCT		13000 - 33000	22	CLR	KGYH 311347Z 06015KT 10SM CLR 17/04 A3044
1450Z	10:47 AM		BKN	23000 - 42000	37		BKN	13000 - 34000	25	CLR	KGYH 311447Z 06015KT 10SM CLR 16/04 A3044