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	12:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 40000	11		SCT	13000 - 40000	23	CLR	KLRJ 190555Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A2996 RMK AO2
0650Z	1:55 AM		BKN	15000 - 40000	29		BKN	13000 - 40000	34	CLR	KLRJ 190655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/19 A2997 RMK AO2
0750Z	2:55 AM		OVC	33000 - 40000	39		BKN	13000 - 38000	40	CLR	KLRJ 190755Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A2995 RMK AO2
0850Z	3:55 AM		BKN	14000 - 40000	34		SCT	13000 - 40000	25	CLR	KLRJ 190855Z AUTO 05005KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A2995 RMK AO2
0950Z	4:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 40000	28		SCT	13000 - 40000	29	CLR	KLRJ 190955Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A2996 RMK AO2
1050Z	5:55 AM		BKN	13000 - 41000	60		BKN	13000 - 35000	61	CLR	KLRJ 191055Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A2997 RMK AO2
1150Z	6:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 45000	22		BKN	13000 - 38000	33	CLR	KLRJ 191155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A2998 RMK AO2
1250Z	7:55 AM		BKN	13000 - 42000	35	BKN		13000 - 35000	33	CLR	KLRJ 191255Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A2997 RMK AO2
1350Z	8:55 AM	BKN		16000 - 31000	69	BKN		15000 - 29000	48	OVC@11000	KLRJ 191355Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM OVC110 20/15 A2996 RMK AO2