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
0750Z	12:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 17000	22	SCT		13000 - 16000	16	CLR	KLVM 170753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 02/01 A2964 RMK AO2 SLP043 T00170006 $
0850Z	1:53 AM	BKN		13000 - 19000	45	BKN		13000 - 17000	41	BKN@10000	KLVM 170853Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM BKN100 03/02 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP039 T00280017 51000 $
0950Z	2:53 AM	BKN		13000 - 30000	56	BKN		13000 - 25000	51	OVC@11000	KLVM 170953Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM OVC110 03/02 A2964 RMK AO2 SLP034 T00330017 $
1050Z	3:53 AM	BKN		13000 - 32000	60	BKN		13000 - 19000	60	OVC@11000	KLVM 171053Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM OVC110 03/02 A2964 RMK AO2 SLP038 T00280017 $
1150Z	4:53 AM	BKN		13000 - 36000	56	BKN		13000 - 26000	64	OVC@11000	KLVM 171153Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM OVC110 04/02 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP039 T00390017 10039 20011 53000 $
1250Z	5:53 AM	BKN		13000 - 32000	56	OVC		14000 - 27000	66	OVC@11000	KLVM 171253Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM OVC110 04/02 A2966 RMK AO2 SLP044 T00390017 $
1350Z	6:53 AM	OVC		17000 - 36000	57	OVC		14000 - 31000	60	OVC@11000	KLVM 171353Z AUTO 32008KT 10SM OVC110 04/02 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP050 T00440017
1450Z	7:53 AM	OVC		13000 - 33000	54	BKN		13000 - 32000	55	OVC@11000	KLVM 171453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC110 04/02 A2969 RMK AO2 SLP059 T00390017 53014
1530Z	8:53 AM			-		BKN		13000 - 31000	46	OVC@11000	KLVM 171553Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM OVC110 06/03 A2970 RMK AO2 SLP056 T00610028