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	12:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 30000	18	OVC@500	PASD 200856Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM -RA BR OVC005 11/11 A3007 RMK AO2 RAE00B31 CIG 003V009 SLP184 6//// T01110111 401330106 58006 PNO $
0450Z	1:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 29000	17	OVC@700	PASD 200956Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM -RA BR OVC007 12/11 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP176 T01170111 PNO $
0550Z	2:52 AM	SCT		13000 - 35000	25	OVC@500	PASD 201052Z AUTO 15007KT 3SM -RA BR OVC005 12/11 A3005 RMK AO2 CIG 004V008 PNO $
0650Z	3:56 AM		SCT	14000 - 33000	22	OVC@800	PASD 201156Z AUTO 14007KT 4SM -RA BR OVC008 12/12 A3004 RMK AO2 CIG 005V012 SLP173 6//// 7//// T01220117 10122 20111 58003 PNO $
0750Z	4:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 38000	13	OVC@700	PASD 201256Z AUTO 16010G17KT 3SM -RA BR OVC007 12/12 A3003 RMK AO2 CIG 004V008 SLP171 T01220117 PNO $
0850Z	5:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 38000	34	OVC@900	PASD 201356Z AUTO 15010KT 4SM -RA BR OVC009 12/12 A3002 RMK AO2 CIG 002V011 SLP169 T01170117 PNO $
0950Z	6:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 37000	24	BKN@600 OVC@1000	PASD 201456Z 16011KT 4SM -RA BR BKN006 OVC010 12/12 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 6//// T01170117 53000 PNO $
1050Z	7:53 AM		BKN	13000 - 41000	30	FEW@1200 BKN@1600 OVC@2000	PASD 201553Z 17012KT 8SM FEW012 BKN016 OVC020 12/12 A3006 RMK AO2 RAE05 PNO $
1150Z	8:54 AM		BKN	13000 - 35000	36	FEW@1600 BKN@2800 BKN@6000	PASD 201654Z 18009KT 10SM FEW016 BKN028 BKN060 12/12 A3008 RMK AO2 PNO $