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	12:51 AM		OVC	31000 - 43000	36		OVC	28000 - 33000	43	CLR	KTPL 290551Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR A3014 RMK AO2 SLPNO 51003 FZRANO $
0650Z	1:51 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 50000	17		SCT	14000 - 34000	23	CLR	KTPL 290651Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR A3013 RMK AO2 SLPNO FZRANO $
0750Z	2:51 AM		BKN	13000 - 41000	29		BKN	13000 - 34000	40	BKN@8000	KTPL 290751Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM BKN080 A3013 RMK AO2 SLPNO FZRANO $
0850Z	3:51 AM		BKN	15000 - 38000	44		OVC	15000 - 34000	54	CLR	KTPL 290851Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR RMK AO2 SLPNO FZRANO $
0950Z	4:51 AM		OVC	29000 - 34000	65		OVC	28000 - 33000	71	CLR	KTPL 290951Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM CLR A3013 RMK AO2 SLPNO FZRANO $
1050Z	5:51 AM		OVC	28000 - 36000	72		OVC	28000 - 36000	74	CLR	KTPL 291051Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR A3013 RMK AO2 SLPNO FZRANO $
1150Z	6:51 AM		OVC	25000 - 35000	86		OVC	25000 - 36000	81	FEW@4000	KTPL 291151Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM FEW040 A3014 RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// 7//// FZRANO $
1250Z	7:51 AM		OVC	23000 - 35000	85		OVC	26000 - 36000	80	FEW@9500	KTPL 291251Z AUTO 14005KT 8SM FEW095 A3015 RMK AO2 SLPNO FZRANO $
1350Z	8:51 AM		OVC	15000 - 34000	67		OVC	18000 - 34000	71	CLR	KTPL 291351Z AUTO 12004KT 5SM HZ CLR A3017 RMK AO2 SLPNO FZRANO $
1450Z	9:51 AM		OVC	14000 - 31000	78		OVC	24000 - 34000	78	FEW@600 SCT@4600 BKN@8000	KTPL 291451Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM FEW006 SCT046 BKN080 A3019 RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// 53017 FZRANO $
1550Z	10:51 AM		OVC	24000 - 34000	88		BKN	24000 - 34000	78	FEW@1000 SCT@5000	KTPL 291551Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM -RA FEW010 SCT050 A3020 RMK AO2 RAB20 SLPNO P0000 FZRANO $
1650Z	11:51 AM		OVC	23000 - 33000	81		OVC	23000 - 35000	80	BKN@4000 BKN@4600	KTPL 291651Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM -RA BKN040 BKN046 A3019 RMK AO2 RAE1557B28 SLPNO P0000 FZRANO $
1750Z	12:51 PM		OVC	21000 - 34000	82		OVC	22000 - 36000	77	FEW@1900 SCT@9000	KTPL 291751Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM -RA FEW019 SCT090 A3018 RMK AO2 SLPNO P0000 6//// 58003 FZRANO $
1850Z	1:51 PM		OVC	21000 - 35000	80		OVC	21000 - 36000	77	BKN@6500	KTPL 291851Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM BKN065 A3016 RMK AO2 RAE42 SLPNO P0001 FZRANO $