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
0750Z	12:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 32000	9		SCT	13000 - 34000	6	CLR	KSLE 150756Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01280094 402170100 $
0850Z	1:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 30000	17	SCT		13000 - 30000	16	CLR	KSLE 150856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01110089 58007 $
0950Z	2:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 31000	21		BKN	13000 - 35000	33	CLR	KSLE 150956Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01110089 $
1050Z	3:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 33000	34		BKN	13000 - 38000	33	CLR	KSLE 151056Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T01000089 $
1150Z	4:56 AM		BKN	17000 - 33000	37		BKN	14000 - 33000	44	CLR	KSLE 151156Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T01110094 10133 20100 58001 $
1250Z	5:56 AM		SCT	19000 - 29000	20		SCT	14000 - 34000	13	CLR	KSLE 151256Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T01110094 $
1350Z	6:56 AM	SCT		14000 - 31000	5	SCT		21000 - 26000	4	CLR	KSLE 151356Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/09 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01170094 $
1450Z	7:56 AM	SCT		20000 - 28000	8	SCT		22000 - 25000	19	CLR	KSLE 151456Z 32004KT 10SM CLR 13/10 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01280100 53002 $
1550Z	8:56 AM	BKN		19000 - 25000	33	BKN		15000 - 33000	55	CLR	KSLE 151556Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/10 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01390100 $