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	12:54 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 15000	2	VV @100	KBTV 180454Z 00000KT 1/2SM R15/3500VP6000FT FG VV001 18/18 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP117 T01780178 402500178
0550Z	1:50 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 15000	2	VV @200	KBTV 180550Z 00000KT 3/4SM R15/1400V2800FT BR VV002 18/18 A2988 RMK AO2
0650Z	2:54 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 15000	2	VV @200	KBTV 180654Z 11003KT 1/4SM R15/1200V1400FT FG VV002 17/17 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP117 T01720172
0750Z	3:54 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 15000	3	OVC@200	KBTV 180754Z 11004KT 2 1/2SM R15/5500VP6000FT BR OVC002 17/17 A2988 RMK AO2 VIS 1 1/4V4 SLP116 T01720172
0850Z	4:54 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 15000	4	VV @200	KBTV 180854Z 09003KT 1/2SM R15/1400V2400FT FG VV002 17/17 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP116 T01720167 58000
0950Z	5:54 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 15000	3	VV @200	KBTV 180954Z 00000KT 1/4SM R15/0800V1000FT FG VV002 17/17 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP119 T01720172