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		OVC	31000 - 38000	72		OVC	32000 - 38000	67	SCT@1500 BKN@3700 OVC@4500	KLRJ 020655Z AUTO 13011KT 10SM SCT015 BKN037 OVC045 15/15 A2988 RMK AO2
0750Z	1:55 AM		OVC	29000 - 38000	69		OVC	31000 - 38000	66	OVC@1300	KLRJ 020755Z AUTO 13015G20KT 10SM OVC013 15/15 A2985 RMK AO2
0850Z	2:55 AM		OVC	29000 - 36000	66		OVC	30000 - 41000	68	OVC@1000	KLRJ 020855Z AUTO 14013G19KT 10SM OVC010 15/15 A2981 RMK AO2
0950Z	3:55 AM		OVC	29000 - 40000	70		OVC	18000 - 40000	69	OVC@1000	KLRJ 020955Z AUTO 14016G23KT 3SM BR OVC010 16/16 A2975 RMK AO2
1050Z	4:55 AM		OVC	21000 - 37000	68		BKN	18000 - 37000	59	BKN@1000 OVC@1400	KLRJ 021055Z AUTO 14016G27KT 7SM BKN010 OVC014 16/16 A2971 RMK AO2
1150Z	5:55 AM		BKN	14000 - 38000	53		BKN	20000 - 37000	52	OVC@1000	KLRJ 021155Z AUTO 15019G29KT 10SM OVC010 16/16 A2967 RMK AO2