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
0850Z	12:56 AM		OVC	25000 - 31000	77		OVC	24000 - 30000	86	CLR	KLWS 260856Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 03/02 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP056 T00330022 58017
0950Z	1:56 AM		BKN	24000 - 31000	69		OVC	22000 - 31000	81	CLR	KLWS 260956Z AUTO 16003KT 10SM CLR 03/02 A2966 RMK AO2 SLP051 T00280022
1050Z	2:56 AM		BKN	21000 - 31000	65		OVC	20000 - 32000	76	BKN@9000 OVC@11000	KLWS 261056Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM BKN090 OVC110 04/03 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP048 T00390028
1150Z	3:56 AM		OVC	21000 - 30000	72		OVC	20000 - 30000	79	OVC@7500	KLWS 261156Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM OVC075 04/03 A2960 RMK AO2 SLP028 70003 T00390033 10056 20028 58025
1250Z	4:56 AM		OVC	22000 - 30000	73		BKN	20000 - 29000	78	SCT@6000 BKN@7500 OVC@8500	KLWS 261256Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM SCT060 BKN075 OVC085 04/03 A2957 RMK AO2 RAB24E56 SLP017 P0000 T00440033
1350Z	5:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 30000	51		BKN	21000 - 30000	71	OVC@4100	KLWS 261356Z 00000KT 6SM -RA BR OVC041 03/03 A2956 RMK AO2 RAB14 SLP015 P0003 T00330028
1450Z	6:54 AM		BKN	13000 - 29000	52		BKN	14000 - 29000	63	SCT@400 BKN@1800 OVC@4000	KLWS 261454Z 00000KT 3SM -RA BR SCT004 BKN018 OVC040 03/03 A2957 RMK AO2 RAE31B38 P0008
1550Z	7:56 AM	BKN		13000 - 28000	48	BKN		13000 - 26000	50	OVC@7500	KLWS 261556Z 11006KT 10SM OVC075 04/03 A2956 RMK AO2 RAE03 SLP018 P0000 T00390033
1650Z	8:56 AM	BKN		13000 - 27000	42	OVC		13000 - 25000	65	FEW@6000 FEW@10000 OVC@12000	KLWS 261656Z 17010KT 10SM FEW060 FEW100 OVC120 07/04 A2957 RMK AO2 SLP019 T00670039
1750Z	9:56 AM	BKN		13000 - 26000	51	OVC		13000 - 26000	67	OVC@6500	KLWS 261756Z 28007KT 10SM OVC065 06/03 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP040 60011 T00560033 10067 20028 53019
1850Z	10:56 AM	BKN		13000 - 28000	57	BKN		13000 - 29000	56	BKN@6000 OVC@8000	KLWS 261856Z 28008KT 10SM BKN060 OVC080 05/02 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP048 T00500017
1950Z	11:56 AM	BKN		13000 - 30000	46	BKN		13000 - 27000	55	OVC@6000	KLWS 261956Z 00000KT 10SM -RA OVC060 06/02 A2966 RMK AO2 RAB51 SLP052 P0000 T00610022
2050Z	12:56 PM		BKN	14000 - 29000	59	BKN		17000 - 29000	64	BKN@7000	KLWS 262056Z 02004KT 10SM BKN070 08/01 A2966 RMK AO2 RAE01 SLP049 P0000 60000 T00780011 50009