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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
0550Z	1:51 AM		SCT	13000 - 46000	13		SCT	13000 - 43000	14	CLR	KACT 260651Z 04004KT 7SM CLR 19/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP115 T01940189 $
0650Z	1:51 AM		SCT	13000 - 44000	20		SCT	13000 - 36000	16	CLR	KACT 260651Z 04004KT 7SM CLR 19/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP115 T01940189 $