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	12:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCRE 040453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3020 RMK AO1 SLP228 T01610128 402720111
0550Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCRE 040553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3020 RMK AO1 SLP226 T01440128 10233 20144 57007
0650Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCRE 040653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3018 RMK AO1 SLP221 T01390128
0750Z	3:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCRE 040753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A3017 RMK AO1 SLP217 T01330117
0850Z	4:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCRE 040853Z AUTO 01003KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3017 RMK AO1 SLP218 T01440117 55008
0950Z	5:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCRE 040953Z AUTO 02003KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A3018 RMK AO1 SLP219 T01390122
1050Z	6:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCRE 041053Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A3019 RMK AO1 SLP224 T01440128
1150Z	7:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCRE 041153Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/13 A3020 RMK AO1 SLP227 T01890133 10189 20133 53009
1250Z	8:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KCRE 041253Z 33005KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A3021 RMK AO1 SLP230 T02170133