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
0450Z	12:54 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KPSF 200454Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 12/10 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01220100 402280122 $
0550Z	1:54 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 30000	2	CLR	KPSF 200554Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 14/10 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP127 T01390100 10200 20117 50005 $
0650Z	2:54 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 26000	5	CLR	KPSF 200654Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP123 T01280094 $
0750Z	3:54 AM	SCT		13000 - 15000	0	SCT		13000 - 18000	4	CLR	KPSF 200754Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP126 T01060094 $
0850Z	4:54 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 40000	3	SCT		13000 - 33000	4	CLR	KPSF 200854Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/09 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP131 T00940089 53001 $
0950Z	5:54 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 40000	12	SCT		13000 - 29000	14	CLR	KPSF 200954Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/09 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP141 T01000089 $
1050Z	6:54 AM		SCT	13000 - 40000	9	SCT		13000 - 32000	14	CLR	KPSF 201054Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/10 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01060100 $
1150Z	7:54 AM		SCT	13000 - 43000	10	SCT		13000 - 34000	15	CLR	KPSF 201154Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/11 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP145 T01330111 10139 20089 51015 $
1250Z	8:54 AM		SCT	32000 - 44000	13	SCT		13000 - 35000	11	CLR	KPSF 201254Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 17/10 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP145 T01720100 $