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	12:55 AM		SCT	16000 - 35000	0		SCT	13000 - 32000	1	CLR	KADF 040655Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 13/ A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T0128
0750Z	1:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	VV @200	KADF 040755Z AUTO 00000KT 1/2SM FG VV002 11/ A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T0111
0850Z	2:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	VV @200	KADF 040855Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR VV002 10/ A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T0100 56003
0950Z	3:47 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	VV @200	KADF 040947Z AUTO 00000KT 1SM BR VV002 10/ A2990 RMK AO2 VIS 1/2V5 T0100
1050Z	4:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	VV @200	KADF 041055Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR VV002 09/ A2992 RMK AO2 SLP129 T0094
1150Z	5:46 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@200	KADF 041146Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR FEW002 09/ A2992 RMK AO2 VIS 3/4V5 T0089
1250Z	6:48 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	BKN@2700	KADF 041248Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM BR BKN027 09/ A2994 RMK AO2 T0094
1350Z	7:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KADF 041355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/ A2995 RMK AO2 SLP141 T0128