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	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KRHI 230553Z AUTO 29003KT 7SM CLR 11/09 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T01110094 10194 20111 402330100 55001
0650Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KRHI 230653Z AUTO 29003KT 6SM BR CLR 11/09 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T01110094
0750Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KRHI 230753Z AUTO 29004KT 6SM BR CLR 11/09 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01060094
0850Z	3:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KRHI 230853Z AUTO 29004KT 6SM BR CLR 11/10 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 T01060100 53003
0950Z	4:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KRHI 230953Z AUTO 30004KT 7SM CLR 11/10 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP188 T01060100
1050Z	5:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KRHI 231053Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 10/09 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP189 T01000094
1150Z	6:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KRHI 231153Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 11/10 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP191 T01110100 10117 20094 51005
1250Z	7:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KRHI 231253Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 13/11 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP191 T01330106