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
0550Z	12:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 44000	1		SCT	13000 - 44000	14	CLR	KMSN 080553Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP198 T01720144 10239 20172 402670128 58004 $
0650Z	1:53 AM		SCT	15000 - 45000	16		SCT	13000 - 39000	25	CLR	KMSN 080653Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP191 T01780144 $
0750Z	2:53 AM		OVC	36000 - 45000	37		BKN	33000 - 40000	49	CLR	KMSN 080753Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP191 T01780150 $
0850Z	3:53 AM		OVC	35000 - 44000	57		OVC	34000 - 42000	62	CLR	KMSN 080853Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP188 T01830150 56009 $
0950Z	4:53 AM		OVC	37000 - 43000	72		OVC	36000 - 42000	75	CLR	KMSN 080953Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP188 T01830144 $
1050Z	5:53 AM		OVC	36000 - 41000	76		OVC	37000 - 43000	73	FEW@14000 BKN@18000	KMSN 081053Z 17007KT 10SM FEW140 BKN180 18/15 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP193 T01830150 $
1150Z	6:53 AM		OVC	36000 - 41000	85		BKN	37000 - 45000	75	FEW@8500 SCT@16000 OVC@25000	KMSN 081153Z 17008KT 10SM FEW085 SCT160 OVC250 18/15 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP193 T01830150 10189 20167 53005 $
1250Z	7:53 AM		OVC	32000 - 42000	83		BKN	31000 - 44000	66	BKN@10000 OVC@25000	KMSN 081253Z 16008KT 10SM BKN100 OVC250 19/15 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP200 T01890150