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		OVC	28000 - 37000	88		OVC	29000 - 38000	85	CLR	KFSM 060553Z 09005KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02330211 10267 20233 402890233 58006 $
0650Z	1:53 AM		OVC	29000 - 37000	86		OVC	30000 - 37000	82	CLR	KFSM 060653Z 07004KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP124 T02330211 $
0750Z	2:53 AM		OVC	27000 - 37000	85		OVC	27000 - 37000	78	CLR	KFSM 060753Z 04003KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02330211 $
0850Z	3:53 AM		OVC	25000 - 37000	83		OVC	24000 - 37000	73	FEW@7000 SCT@8000 BKN@11000	KFSM 060853Z 08004KT 10SM FEW070 SCT080 BKN110 23/22 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02330217 53000 $
0950Z	4:53 AM		OVC	25000 - 36000	82		OVC	24000 - 36000	76	FEW@6000 SCT@7500 BKN@11000	KFSM 060953Z 06005KT 10SM FEW060 SCT075 BKN110 23/22 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02330222 $
1050Z	5:53 AM		OVC	24000 - 37000	84		OVC	23000 - 37000	76	FEW@4000 SCT@7000 OVC@9000	KFSM 061053Z 09005KT 10SM FEW040 SCT070 OVC090 23/22 A2993 RMK AO2 RAB20E39 SLP131 P0000 T02280217 $
1150Z	6:53 AM		BKN	32000 - 41000	83		BKN	32000 - 38000	64	SCT@3600 BKN@5500 OVC@11000	KFSM 061153Z 08007KT 10SM -RA SCT036 BKN055 OVC110 23/22 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND S RAB1054 SLP132 P0001 60001 70001 T02280217 10233 20228 51005 $
1250Z	7:53 AM		OVC	31000 - 38000	86		BKN	27000 - 38000	74	SCT@2500 BKN@4600 BKN@6000	KFSM 061253Z 08007KT 10SM SCT025 BKN046 BKN060 22/22 A2994 RMK AO2 RAE42 SLP133 P0000 T02220217 $