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
0650Z	12:54 AM		OVC	26000 - 35000	75		OVC	25000 - 36000	62	OVC@300	KRFD 280654Z 00000KT 3/4SM -DZ BR OVC003 07/07 A2974 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1 SLP076 P0000 T00670067 RVRNO
0750Z	1:54 AM		OVC	29000 - 32000	68		OVC	30000 - 37000	64	OVC@200	KRFD 280754Z 06003KT 3/4SM -DZ BR OVC002 07/06 A2974 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1 SLP074 P0000 T00670061 RVRNO
0850Z	2:54 AM		OVC	31000 - 35000	82		OVC	29000 - 37000	70	OVC@200	KRFD 280854Z 00000KT 1/2SM FG OVC002 07/07 A2972 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1 DZE47 SLP067 P0000 60000 T00670067 58012 RVRNO
0950Z	3:54 AM		OVC	24000 - 39000	38		OVC	20000 - 35000	41	VV @300	KRFD 280954Z 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV003 07/07 A2971 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1 SLP063 T00670067 RVRNO
1050Z	4:54 AM		OVC	28000 - 35000	71		BKN	21000 - 37000	59	VV @200	KRFD 281054Z 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 07/07 A2967 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1 DZB04E53 SLP051 P0001 T00670067 RVRNO
1150Z	5:54 AM		OVC	31000 - 38000	90		OVC	28000 - 38000	77	VV @200	KRFD 281154Z 00000KT 1/8SM FG VV002 07/07 A2966 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1/4 SLP049 60001 70002 T00670067 10072 20067 56017 RVRNO
1250Z	6:54 AM		OVC	34000 - 38000	92		BKN	35000 - 38000	67	VV @300	KRFD 281254Z 11003KT 1/2SM -RA FG VV003 07/07 A2965 RMK AO2 RAB09 SLP045 P0002 T00670067 RVRNO
1350Z	7:52 AM		BKN	32000 - 38000	66		BKN	31000 - 38000	67	OVC@300	KRFD 281352Z 11005KT 1 1/2SM RA BR OVC003 08/08 A2962 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 2 PRESFR P0014