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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
0850Z	12:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KSDM 080853Z AUTO 12006KT 10SM CLR 13/07 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01330072 58007
0950Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KSDM 080953Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 15/07 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP156 T01500072
1050Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KSDM 081053Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 14/06 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP153 T01440061