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	BKN		13000 - 27000	55	SCT		13000 - 17000	18	CLR	KBRL 200553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP142 6//// T01940194 10206 20194 402830194 53007 PNO $
0650Z	1:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 22000	9	SCT		13000 - 16000	6	CLR	KBRL 200653Z AUTO 35004KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP137 T01940194 PNO $
0750Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KBRL 200753Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 18/18 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP140 T01830183 PNO $
0850Z	3:47 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	VV @200	KBRL 200847Z AUTO 36003KT 3/4SM BR VV002 18/18 A2996 RMK AO2 PNO $
0950Z	4:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KBRL 200953Z AUTO 02003KT 5SM BR CLR 18/18 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP148 T01780178 PNO $
1050Z	5:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	OVC@200	KBRL 201053Z AUTO 06004KT 5SM BR OVC002 19/19 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP153 T01940194 PNO $