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
2350Z	12:53 AM		BKN	28000 - 40000	60		BKN	17000 - 35000	49	CLR	KGRR 160453Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM CLR 19/12 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP186 T01890122 402670133 $
0050Z	1:53 AM		BKN	17000 - 45000	50		BKN	13000 - 33000	46	CLR	KGRR 160553Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM CLR 19/12 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP184 T01890117 10239 20183 56004 $
0150Z	2:53 AM		BKN	13000 - 44000	38		BKN	13000 - 34000	35	CLR	KGRR 160653Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T01780117 $
0250Z	3:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 43000	21	SCT		13000 - 34000	18	CLR	KGRR 160753Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01720111 $
0350Z	4:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 44000	20	SCT		13000 - 37000	14	CLR	KGRR 160853Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP172 T01670117 56013 $
0450Z	5:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 44000	25		SCT	13000 - 36000	19	FEW@10000 BKN@25000	KGRR 160953Z 00000KT 10SM FEW100 BKN250 16/12 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01610117 $
0550Z	6:53 AM		BKN	13000 - 44000	30		BKN	13000 - 36000	28	BKN@8500 BKN@25000	KGRR 161053Z 08003KT 10SM BKN085 BKN250 16/12 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP180 T01560122 $
0650Z	7:53 AM		BKN	14000 - 46000	30		SCT	14000 - 36000	24	SCT@8500 BKN@25000	KGRR 161153Z 10004KT 10SM SCT085 BKN250 17/13 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01720133 10189 20150 50007