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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	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFST 090553Z AUTO 15016G29KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 15030/0535 SLP093 T02500206 10328 20250 403560222 51006
0650Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFST 090653Z AUTO 15018G26KT 10SM CLR 24/21 A2996 RMK AO2 PK WND 14028/0610 SLP092 T02390206
0750Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@1900	KFST 090753Z AUTO 15013G22KT 10SM FEW019 23/20 A2996 RMK AO2 PK WND 14027/0703 SLP093 T02330200