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	12:53 AM		SCT	14000 - 44000	2		SCT	13000 - 44000	6	CLR	KSWO 050553Z AUTO 17013G21KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02330206 10300 20233 403170206 50004
0650Z	1:53 AM		SCT	14000 - 44000	2		SCT	13000 - 38000	4	CLR	KSWO 050653Z AUTO 17012G21KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02280206
0750Z	2:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 44000	4	SCT		13000 - 36000	3	CLR	KSWO 050753Z AUTO 17011KT 10SM CLR 22/20 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP112 T02220200
0850Z	3:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 44000	4		SCT	13000 - 44000	4	OVC@1400	KSWO 050853Z AUTO 19011G20KT 10SM OVC014 22/20 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02220200 55005
0950Z	4:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 41000	2	SCT		13000 - 33000	1	OVC@1600	KSWO 050953Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM OVC016 23/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02280206
1050Z	5:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 41000	3	SCT	SCT	13000 - 44000	3	FEW@1700	KSWO 051053Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM FEW017 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP115 T02220206
1150Z	6:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 45000	15		SCT	14000 - 45000	16	BKN@1700	KSWO 051153Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM BKN017 23/21 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02280206 10233 20222 53003
1250Z	7:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 44000	18		SCT	13000 - 43000	23	SCT@1900	KSWO 051253Z 17010KT 10SM SCT019 24/21 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP121 T02390211