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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
0450Z	12:56 AM		OVC	30000 - 44000	47		SCT	13000 - 33000	8	CLR	KRUT 050456Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 15/09 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP158 T01500094 402780106
0550Z	1:56 AM		OVC	28000 - 44000	63		SCT	13000 - 33000	11	CLR	KRUT 050556Z AUTO 12008KT 10SM CLR 14/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP155 T01440094 10244 20139 58001
0650Z	2:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 46000	57	SCT		13000 - 32000	6	CLR	KRUT 050656Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP157 T01330094
0750Z	3:56 AM		BKN	13000 - 44000	38	SCT		13000 - 31000	6	CLR	KRUT 050756Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP156 T01330094
0850Z	4:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 45000	23		SCT	15000 - 35000	8	CLR	KRUT 050856Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP157 T01280094 51001
0950Z	5:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 44000	24	SCT		13000 - 24000	6	CLR	KRUT 050956Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01280094
1050Z	6:56 AM		SCT	13000 - 44000	10	SCT		13000 - 28000	4	CLR	KRUT 051056Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 14/10 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP157 T01440100
1150Z	7:56 AM		SCT	26000 - 42000	12	SCT		13000 - 26000	2	CLR	KRUT 051156Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 18/11 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP157 T01830106 10183 20122 58001
1250Z	8:56 AM		SCT	18000 - 44000	6	SCT		13000 - 30000	2	CLR	KRUT 051256Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR 21/11 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02060111