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	12:53 AM		SCT	36000 - 48000	31		BKN	39000 - 46000	77	FEW@7500 FEW@10000 SCT@12000	KLLQ 270553Z AUTO 36007KT 10SM FEW075 FEW100 SCT120 22/21 A2995 RMK AO2 RAE17 PRESRR SLP139 P0001 60009 T02170206 10328 20211 403500211 55021
0650Z	1:53 AM		SCT	37000 - 44000	30		BKN	39000 - 46000	69	CLR	KLLQ 270653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02110211
0750Z	2:53 AM		SCT	36000 - 43000	33		SCT	37000 - 44000	37	CLR	KLLQ 270753Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02110206
0850Z	3:53 AM		BKN	34000 - 41000	78		BKN	30000 - 41000	74	CLR	KLLQ 270853Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02110206 50003
0950Z	4:53 AM		OVC	31000 - 38000	84		BKN	25000 - 37000	61	CLR	KLLQ 270953Z AUTO 04003KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02110206
1050Z	5:53 AM		BKN	13000 - 44000	40		BKN	13000 - 39000	40	CLR	KLLQ 271053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP146 T02060200
1150Z	6:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 46000	26		BKN	13000 - 41000	28	CLR	KLLQ 271153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP150 70009 T02110200 10217 20206 51008
1250Z	7:53 AM		SCT	15000 - 46000	15		SCT	14000 - 38000	8	CLR	KLLQ 271253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP157 T02220206