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
0650Z	12:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCDC 090653Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 16/01 A3033 RMK AO2 SLP197 T01610011 402890094
0750Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT	SCT	14000 - 38000	0	CLR	KCDC 090753Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM CLR 16/00 A3033 RMK AO2 SLP199 T01610000
0850Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCDC 090853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/00 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP196 T01720000 51008
0950Z	3:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCDC 090953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/00 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP202 T01390000
1050Z	4:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCDC 091053Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 14/01 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP202 T01440006
1150Z	5:53 AM		SCT	14000 - 32000	1		SCT	29000 - 29000	0	CLR	KCDC 091153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/01 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP210 T01220011 10200 20111 53007
1250Z	6:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 34000	1	SCT		13000 - 28000	1	CLR	KCDC 091253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/01 A3037 RMK AO2 SLP219 T01110011
1350Z	7:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 13000	0	SCT		13000 - 13000	1	CLR	KCDC 091353Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 11/02 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP231 T01060017