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	12:52 AM	SCT		13000 - 28000	16	SCT		13000 - 15000	0	BKN@400 OVC@9000	KATL 260552Z 25007KT 10SM BKN004 OVC090 18/17 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP160 60072 T01780167 10189 20178 57005 $
0650Z	1:52 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	SCT@400 BKN@9000	KATL 260652Z 28006KT 10SM SCT004 BKN090 17/16 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01720156 $
0750Z	2:52 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@400 FEW@9000	KATL 260752Z 27004KT 10SM FEW004 FEW090 16/14 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP160 T01610144 $
0850Z	3:52 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	SCT@700 SCT@4600	KATL 260852Z 28005KT 10SM SCT007 SCT046 16/14 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP163 T01610144 53003 $
0950Z	4:52 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@700 FEW@4500	KATL 260952Z 27005KT 10SM FEW007 FEW045 15/13 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01500133 $
1050Z	5:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	BKN@1000	KATL 261050Z 27005KT 10SM BKN010 15/13 A3006 RMK AO2 $
1150Z	6:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	SCT@1000 SCT@4500	KATL 261150Z 27006KT 10SM SCT010 SCT045 14/13 A3006 RMK AO2 $
1250Z	7:52 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@1000 FEW@4500 FEW@25000	KATL 261252Z 28005KT 10SM FEW010 FEW045 FEW250 14/12 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01390122 $