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	12:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 42000	1		SCT	13000 - 36000	3	CLR	KRWL 220653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/02 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP164 T00780017 402110006
0750Z	1:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 33000	4		SCT	13000 - 31000	3	CLR	KRWL 220753Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 04/01 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP167 T00440006
0850Z	2:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 44000	3		SCT	13000 - 31000	5	CLR	KRWL 220853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 04/01 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP169 T00440006 58000
0940Z	3:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 39000	11		SCT	13000 - 33000	12	CLR	KRWL 220953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/01 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP172 T00280006
1350Z	7:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 20000	3	SCT		13000 - 27000	11	CLR	KRWL 221353Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/03 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP185 T00610028
1450Z	8:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 36000	8	SCT		13000 - 28000	19	CLR	KRWL 221453Z AUTO 06003KT 10SM CLR 11/02 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP184 T01060017 52004
1550Z	9:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 42000	21	BKN		13000 - 34000	26	CLR	KRWL 221553Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 14/02 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP177 T01390022