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	12:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFSW 150555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3014 RMK AO2 10305 20216
0650Z	1:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFSW 150655Z AUTO 18001KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A3014 RMK AO2
0750Z	2:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFSW 150755Z AUTO 31002KT 7SM CLR 21/20 A3013 RMK AO2
0850Z	3:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFSW 150855Z AUTO 30001KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3013 RMK AO2
0950Z	4:35 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFSW 150935Z AUTO 31002KT 7SM CLR 20/20 A3013 RMK AO2
1050Z	5:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFSW 151055Z AUTO 26002KT 6SM BR CLR 21/20 A3014 RMK AO2
1150Z	6:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFSW 151155Z AUTO 31002KT 6SM BR CLR 22/22 A3015 RMK AO2 10226 20198 70000
1250Z	7:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFSW 151255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3015 RMK AO2
1350Z	8:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFSW 151355Z AUTO VRB02KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3016 RMK AO2
1450Z	9:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFSW 151455Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR 29/24 A3014 RMK AO2