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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
1250Z	No Ob		OVC	32000 - 40000	80		OVC	32000 - 41000	71
1350Z	No Ob		OVC	33000 - 38000	72		OVC	32000 - 40000	62
1450Z	No Ob		OVC	32000 - 40000	60		OVC	28000 - 38000	50
1550Z	No Ob		OVC	28000 - 36000	53		OVC	25000 - 36000	45
1650Z	No Ob		OVC	16000 - 38000	50		BKN	19000 - 36000	50
1750Z	No Ob		BKN	17000 - 37000	58		BKN	18000 - 36000	43
1850Z	No Ob		OVC	30000 - 44000	32		OVC	19000 - 37000	32
1950Z	No Ob		OVC	21000 - 40000	32		OVC	17000 - 37000	41
2050Z	No Ob		OVC	21000 - 43000	50		BKN	27000 - 37000	56
2150Z	No Ob		OVC	27000 - 34000	80		BKN	26000 - 35000	62
2250Z	No Ob		OVC	22000 - 34000	72		OVC	25000 - 33000	66
2350Z	No Ob		OVC	21000 - 35000	74		BKN	13000 - 35000	60
0050Z	No Ob	OVC		13000 - 36000	65		BKN	13000 - 31000	53
0150Z	No Ob		OVC	17000 - 36000	58		BKN	14000 - 33000	54