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	12:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 46000	19		BKN	13000 - 41000	25	CLR	KFOD 010556Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 22/22 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP154 T02170217 10294 20211 51009 $
0650Z	1:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 46000	28		BKN	13000 - 38000	35	FEW@12000	KFOD 010656Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR FEW120 22/22 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02220222 $
0750Z	2:56 AM		OVC	20000 - 45000	36		OVC	27000 - 38000	39	BKN@8000 OVC@12000	KFOD 010756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN080 OVC120 22/22 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02170217 $
0850Z	3:56 AM		OVC	28000 - 46000	36		OVC	29000 - 39000	36	SCT@10000	KFOD 010856Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM SCT100 22/22 A2995 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E SLP146 T02170217 58006 $
0950Z	4:56 AM		OVC	20000 - 43000	40		BKN	14000 - 36000	37	BKN@9500	KFOD 010956Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR BKN095 22/22 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02170217 $
1050Z	5:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 43000	33		BKN	14000 - 36000	32	BKN@10000	KFOD 011056Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM BKN100 22/22 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02170217 $
1150Z	6:56 AM		BKN	15000 - 44000	33		BKN	13000 - 38000	36	BKN@11000	KFOD 011156Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR BKN110 22/22 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02170217 10222 20211 51004 $
1250Z	7:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 44000	30	BKN		13000 - 37000	31	OVC@11000	KFOD 011256Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM OVC110 23/23 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02280228 $