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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	12:53 AM		SCT	18000 - 51000	5		SCT	13000 - 44000	9	FEW@25000	KDAL 250553Z 18009G16KT 10SM FEW250 31/22 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP154 T03060217 10344 20306 403500267 51015
0650Z	1:53 AM		SCT	16000 - 44000	5		SCT	13000 - 42000	7	SCT@25000	KDAL 250653Z 18008KT 10SM SCT250 30/22 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP155 T03000217
0750Z	2:53 AM		SCT	17000 - 52000	7		SCT	14000 - 41000	8	FEW@14000 BKN@25000	KDAL 250753Z 18007KT 10SM FEW140 BKN250 29/22 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02940222
0850Z	3:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 48000	13		SCT	13000 - 42000	13	SCT@15000 BKN@25000	KDAL 250853Z 19007KT 10SM SCT150 BKN250 29/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02890222 53005
0950Z	4:53 AM		SCT	13000 - 52000	12		SCT	13000 - 39000	10	SCT@15000 BKN@25000	KDAL 250953Z 18008KT 10SM SCT150 BKN250 28/22 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02830217