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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	12:55 AM		BKN	18000 - 38000	63		OVC	19000 - 37000	68	FEW@4600 FEW@7000 BKN@8000	KLLN 230555Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM FEW046 FEW070 BKN080 20/18 A3018 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W
0650Z	1:55 AM		OVC	27000 - 38000	83		OVC	19000 - 39000	83	FEW@3900 SCT@5000 OVC@10000	KLLN 230655Z AUTO 08006KT 8SM -RA FEW039 SCT050 OVC100 20/19 A3018 RMK AO2