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	SCT	13000 - 45000	2		SCT	14000 - 45000	3	CLR	KOLZ 100555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/15 A3005 RMK A01
0650Z	1:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KOLZ 100655Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3006 RMK A01
0750Z	2:55 AM	SCT	SCT	17000 - 45000	1		SCT	14000 - 44000	1	CLR	KOLZ 100755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3005 RMK A01
0850Z	3:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 46000	23		BKN	13000 - 44000	29	BKN@26000	KOLZ 100855Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM BKN260 15/15 A3005 RMK A01
0950Z	4:55 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 45000	4	SCT	SCT	13000 - 43000	1	CLR	KOLZ 100955Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM CLR 14/14 A3005 RMK A01
1050Z	5:55 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 43000	1	CLR		-	0	CLR	KOLZ 101055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A3005 RMK A01
1150Z	6:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 42000	11		SCT	13000 - 37000	21	CLR	KOLZ 101155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/13 A3005 RMK A01
1250Z	7:55 AM		SCT	14000 - 44000	18		SCT	13000 - 37000	21	CLR	KOLZ 101255Z AUTO 30003KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3008 RMK A01
1350Z	8:55 AM		BKN	13000 - 45000	31		BKN	13000 - 40000	29	CLR	KOLZ 101355Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3009 RMK A01