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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
0750Z	12:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 36000	0	SCT		18000 - 27000	0	CLR	KSJC 240753Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T01830128 402890122
0850Z	1:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 34000	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KSJC 240853Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP114 T01780122 53002
0950Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		18000 - 19000	0	CLR	KSJC 240953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP112 T01720111
1050Z	3:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KSJC 241053Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP108 T01720111