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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
0750Z	12:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 42000	13	SCT		13000 - 39000	8	OVC@200	KCEC 050756Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM BR OVC002 12/12 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01170117 401390083
0850Z	1:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 40000	8		SCT	13000 - 47000	3	VV @200	KCEC 050856Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 12/12 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP168 T01170117 52004
0950Z	2:56 AM	SCT		14000 - 29000	0	CLR		-	0	VV @200	KCEC 050956Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 12/12 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP167 T01170117