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	12:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	SCT@4700 OVC@5500	KAST 070755Z AUTO 10SM SCT047 OVC055 10/08 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01000083 401560094 $
0850Z	1:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	SCT@4100 OVC@4800	KAST 070855Z AUTO 10SM SCT041 OVC048 10/08 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01000083 56001 $
0950Z	2:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	OVC@4700	KAST 070955Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM OVC047 10/08 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01000083 $
1050Z	3:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	BKN@5000	KAST 071055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 09/08 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T00940083 $
1150Z	4:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	OVC@5500	KAST 071155Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM OVC055 09/08 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 70013 T00890078 10111 20089 53003 $
1250Z	5:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	SCT@5500	KAST 071255Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM SCT055 08/07 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP177 T00830072 $
1350Z	6:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	BKN@2400 BKN@5500	KAST 071355Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM BKN024 BKN055 09/08 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T00890078 $
1450Z	7:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@2400 SCT@4300 OVC@5500	KAST 071455Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM FEW024 SCT043 OVC055 12/09 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01170094 51006 $
1550Z	8:55 AM	SCT		13000 - 28000	2	SCT		13000 - 26000	2	FEW@2300 BKN@5500	KAST 071555Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM FEW023 BKN055 14/09 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01390089 $