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	Satellite East Sounder				Satellite West Sounder				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
0050Z	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KOXR 030051Z 28003KT 9SM CLR 16/13 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01610128 $
0150Z	SCT	SCT	13000 - 36000	3		SCT	13000 - 32000	2	CLR	KOXR 030151Z 00000KT 9SM CLR 15/12 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01500122 $
0250Z	SCT		13000 - 40000	9		SCT	13000 - 37000	4	CLR	KOXR 030251Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 12/11 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01220106 53004 $
0350Z		SCT	13000 - 38000	17		SCT	13000 - 35000	14	CLR	KOXR 030351Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 12/11 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP172 T01220106 $
0450Z		BKN	13000 - 47000	29		BKN	18000 - 38000	38	CLR	KOXR 030451Z 00000KT 3SM BR CLR 12/10 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01170100 $
0550Z		OVC	22000 - 33000	52		BKN	22000 - 33000	56	FEW@200	KOXR 030551Z AUTO 12003KT 7SM FEW002 12/09 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP176 T01220094 10189 20111 53005 $
0650Z		BKN	13000 - 39000	32		BKN	13000 - 31000	32	BKN@300	KOXR 030651Z AUTO 15003KT 5SM BR BKN003 13/12 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP182 T01330117 $
0750Z		BKN	13000 - 40000	28			-		VV @200	KOXR 030751Z AUTO 14005KT 1/2SM FG VV002 13/12 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP182 T01280122 402220061 $
0850Z		BKN	13000 - 40000	27			-		OVC@200	KOXR 030851Z AUTO 11003KT 3/4SM BR OVC002 12/11 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T01170111 50004 $