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
0450Z	12:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 50000	23		BKN	13000 - 41000	40	CLR	KTLH 270453Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/12 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP138 T01500117 403000128
0550Z	1:53 AM		BKN	13000 - 45000	38		BKN	13000 - 41000	51	CLR	KTLH 270553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/12 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP135 T01500117 10228 20150 58003
0650Z	2:53 AM		BKN	13000 - 51000	48		BKN	13000 - 39000	33	CLR	KTLH 270653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/13 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP132 T01500128
0750Z	3:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 39000	17	SCT		13000 - 43000	16	CLR	KTLH 270753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/13 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T01440128
0850Z	4:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 50000	22		SCT	13000 - 48000	22	CLR	KTLH 270853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T01440122 56007
0950Z	5:53 AM		OVC	31000 - 48000	42		OVC	27000 - 38000	45	SCT@15000 BKN@25000	KTLH 270953Z 00000KT 10SM SCT150 BKN250 14/13 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP127 T01440128
1050Z	6:53 AM		OVC	29000 - 38000	54		OVC	15000 - 36000	48	SCT@15000 OVC@25000	KTLH 271053Z 00000KT 10SM SCT150 OVC250 15/13 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T01500128
1150Z	7:53 AM		BKN	13000 - 37000	32	SCT		13000 - 33000	24	FEW@15000 BKN@25000	KTLH 271153Z 00000KT 10SM FEW150 BKN250 16/13 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP132 T01560128 10161 20139 53004
1250Z	8:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 34000	2	SCT		13000 - 31000	1	FEW@15000 SCT@25000	KTLH 271253Z 00000KT 10SM FEW150 SCT250 18/14 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01780144
1350Z	9:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@15000 FEW@25000	KTLH 271353Z 00000KT 10SM FEW150 FEW250 23/16 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02280156
1450Z	10:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@15000 FEW@25000	KTLH 271453Z 26004KT 10SM FEW150 FEW250 27/14 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02720144 50002
1550Z	11:53 AM	CLR		-	0		SCT	34000 - 34000	0	FEW@4000 FEW@25000	KTLH 271553Z 26009KT 10SM FEW040 FEW250 29/15 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02890150
1650Z	12:53 PM	CLR		-	0		SCT	35000 - 35000	0	FEW@4500 FEW@15000 SCT@25000	KTLH 271653Z 30011G18KT 10SM FEW045 FEW150 SCT250 31/14 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03060139
1750Z	1:53 PM	CLR		-	0		SCT	15000 - 36000	2	FEW@4500 FEW@15000 SCT@25000	KTLH 271753Z 30008G16KT 260V330 10SM FEW045 FEW150 SCT250 31/13 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP122 T03060133 10311 20150 58012
1850Z	2:53 PM		SCT	32000 - 41000	1		SCT	15000 - 35000	3	FEW@5000 FEW@15000 SCT@25000	KTLH 271853Z 27008KT 250V310 10SM FEW050 FEW150 SCT250 32/11 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T03170111
1950Z	3:53 PM		SCT	19000 - 41000	1		SCT	13000 - 34000	4	FEW@5000 FEW@25000	KTLH 271953Z COR 10SM 29008KT FEW050 FEW250 32/11 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP105 T03170106
2050Z	4:53 PM		SCT	28000 - 41000	2		SCT	13000 - 37000	9	FEW@5000 FEW@25000	KTLH 272053Z 31008KT 10SM FEW050 FEW250 32/11 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP104 T03170111 56018
2150Z	5:53 PM		SCT	25000 - 42000	3		SCT	14000 - 33000	3	FEW@5000 FEW@25000	KTLH 272153Z 30007KT 10SM FEW050 FEW250 31/09 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP104 T03110089
2250Z	6:53 PM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@25000	KTLH 272253Z 31005KT 10SM FEW250 31/09 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP106 T03060089
2350Z	7:53 PM		SCT	13000 - 42000	4	SCT		13000 - 22000	2	FEW@25000	KTLH 272353Z 00000KT 10SM FEW250 26/12 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP109 T02610117 10328 20256 53005
0050Z	8:53 PM	SCT		13000 - 20000	1	SCT		13000 - 18000	1	CLR	KTLH 280053Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/14 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP112 T02060139
0150Z	9:53 PM	SCT		13000 - 21000	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KTLH 280153Z 23004KT 10SM CLR 20/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02000133
0250Z	10:53 PM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@25000	KTLH 280253Z 00000KT 10SM FEW250 21/14 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02060139 53013