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 West Sounder				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
0350Z	12:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 31000	4	BKN@3100	PADQ 150853Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM BKN031 10/09 A3043 RMK AO2 SLP305 T01000089 401560100 53010 TSNO $
0450Z	1:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 35000	10	BKN@3200	PADQ 150953Z AUTO 28005KT 10SM BKN032 09/08 A3044 RMK AO2 SLP308 T00940083 TSNO $
0550Z	2:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 32000	10	FEW@3300	PADQ 151053Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM FEW033 09/08 A3044 RMK AO2 SLP309 T00940083 TSNO $
0650Z	3:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 31000	2	OVC@3400	PADQ 151153Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM OVC034 09/08 A3044 RMK AO2 SLP309 T00890083 10139 20089 51005 TSNO $
0750Z	4:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 31000	9	SCT@3300	PADQ 151253Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM SCT033 08/08 A3044 RMK AO2 SLP307 T00830078 TSNO $
0850Z	5:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 31000	12	BKN@3100	PADQ 151353Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM BKN031 08/07 A3044 RMK AO2 SLP309 T00780067 TSNO $
0950Z	6:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 31000	7	OVC@2200	PADQ 151453Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM OVC022 10/09 A3044 RMK AO2 SLP310 T01000089 55000 TSNO
1050Z	7:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 38000	2	OVC@3100	PADQ 151553Z 26003KT 10SM OVC031 12/09 A3044
1150Z	8:53 AM		SCT	15000 - 32000	5	BKN@3100	PADQ 151653Z 17003KT 10SM BKN031 12/09 A3044 RMK AO2 SLP309 T01170094
1250Z	9:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 32000	2	SCT@2900	PADQ 151753Z 06003KT 10SM SCT029 13/10 A3044 RMK AO2 SLP309 T01330100 10133 20078 55000