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
0050Z	12:55 AM		OVC	25000 - 42000	60		BKN	15000 - 43000	57	SCT@4400 BKN@7000	KM25 160555Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM SCT044 BKN070 24/23 A2998 RMK AO2 T02370228 $
0150Z	1:55 AM		OVC	32000 - 46000	74		BKN	35000 - 43000	62	FEW@400 BKN@2800 OVC@3300	KM25 160655Z AUTO 14004KT 1/2SM -RA FG FEW004 BKN028 OVC033 23/23 A2999 RMK AO2 P0002 T02310230 $
0250Z	2:55 AM		OVC	31000 - 42000	87		BKN	31000 - 43000	65	BKN@2200 BKN@3000 OVC@18000	KM25 160755Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM BKN022 BKN030 OVC180 22/21 A2998 RMK AO2 T02250215 $
0350Z	3:55 AM		OVC	29000 - 42000	83		OVC	28000 - 44000	78	SCT@15000 SCT@21000	KM25 160855Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT150 SCT210 22/21 A2996 RMK AO2 T02160214 $
0450Z	4:55 AM		BKN	29000 - 41000	71		BKN	29000 - 42000	66	FEW@600 SCT@1400 BKN@4400 BKN@9000	KM25 160955Z AUTO 22005KT 3SM -RA BR FEW006 SCT014 BKN044 BKN090 OVC110 22/22 A2998 RMK AO2 FEW V SCT P0002 T02180218 $
0550Z	5:55 AM		OVC	27000 - 38000	77		OVC	28000 - 40000	68	FEW@7000 OVC@9500	KM25 161055Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM -RA FEW070 OVC095 22/22 A2998 RMK AO2 P0000 T02190219 $
0650Z	6:55 AM		BKN	26000 - 38000	58		BKN	21000 - 38000	52	FEW@6500 SCT@15000 BKN@19000	KM25 161155Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM FEW065 SCT150 BKN190 22/22 A2999 RMK AO2 T02180218 $