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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	12:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFOT 250750Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM CLR 12/12 A3003 RMK AO1
0850Z	1:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KFOT 250850Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM CLR 12/12 A3003 RMK AO1
0950Z	2:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@200 BKN@1500	KFOT 250950Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM FEW002 BKN015 11/11 A3003 RMK AO1
1050Z	3:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	OVC@1800	KFOT 251050Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM OVC018 12/12 A3003 RMK AO1