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	12:56 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFOD 050556Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 24/24 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02390239 10306 20239 53006 $
0650Z	1:56 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFOD 050656Z AUTO 07005KT 8SM CLR 24/24 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02390239 $
0750Z	2:56 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFOD 050756Z AUTO 07003KT 8SM CLR 23/23 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02330233 $
0850Z	3:56 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFOD 050856Z AUTO 08004KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02330233 58006 $
0950Z	4:56 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFOD 050956Z AUTO 08003KT 8SM CLR 23/23 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02330233 $
1050Z	5:56 AM		SCT	15000 - 51000	11			-		CLR	KFOD 051056Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 23/23 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02280228 $
1150Z	6:56 AM		BKN	31000 - 50000	56			-		CLR	KFOD 051156Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 22/22 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02220222 10239 20222 51007 $
1250Z	7:56 AM		BKN	37000 - 42000	79			-		CLR	KFOD 051256Z AUTO 06005KT 8SM CLR 23/23 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP155 T02280228 $
1350Z	8:56 AM		OVC	35000 - 45000	78			-		CLR	KFOD 051356Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP169 T02390233 $