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	SCT		13000 - 24000	35	BKN		13000 - 24000	42		KADU 230555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 16/14 A3018 RMK AO2
0650Z	1:55 AM	BKN		13000 - 17000	45	BKN		13000 - 24000	41		KADU 230655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 16/16 A3018 RMK AO2
0750Z	2:55 AM	BKN		13000 - 16000	43	BKN		13000 - 19000	42		KADU 230755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 16/16 A3018 RMK AO2
0850Z	3:55 AM	SCT		13000 - 16000	41	BKN		13000 - 18000	41		KADU 230855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 16/14 A3018 RMK AO2
0950Z	4:55 AM	SCT		13000 - 16000	22	BKN		13000 - 22000	37		KADU 230955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 13/13 A3019 RMK AO2 PWINO
1050Z	5:55 AM	SCT		13000 - 16000	29	BKN		13000 - 32000	40		KADU 231055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 13/12 A3020 RMK AO2 PWINO
1150Z	6:55 AM	SCT		13000 - 16000	27	BKN		13000 - 16000	41		KADU 231155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 13/13 A3021 RMK AO2 PWINO
1250Z	7:55 AM	SCT		13000 - 22000	8	SCT		13000 - 42000	9		KADU 231255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM 16/15 A3021 RMK AO2