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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		BKN	13000 - 41000	46		BKN	13000 - 36000	45	BKN@9500 OVC@12000	KFST 050553Z AUTO 17009KT 10SM BKN095 OVC120 25/18 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE-SE SLP100 T02500178 10306 20250 403170200 51012
0650Z	1:53 AM		OVC	28000 - 38000	81		OVC	19000 - 39000	81	BKN@9000 OVC@11000	KFST 050653Z AUTO 15010KT 10SM -RA BKN090 OVC110 24/19 A2997 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE RAB21E31B53 SLP099 P0000 T02390189