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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 West Sounder				ASOS METAR Report
SCP Valid UTC	METAR Valid Local	Mid Clouds	High Clouds	Levels [ft]	ECA [%]	Levels ft	METAR
0550Z	12:55 AM		BKN	21000 - 36000	71	CLR	KBBD 060555Z AUTO 29003KT 10SM CLR 21/16 A3006 RMK AO2
0650Z	1:55 AM		OVC	13000 - 37000	74	CLR	KBBD 060655Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 22/16 A3002 RMK AO2
0750Z	2:55 AM		BKN	13000 - 38000	61	FEW@4800 SCT@11000	KBBD 060755Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM FEW048 SCT110 22/15 A3004 RMK AO2
0850Z	3:55 AM		OVC	13000 - 35000	73	FEW@4600 FEW@5000	KBBD 060855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW046 FEW050 22/14 A3004 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW
0950Z	4:55 AM		BKN	13000 - 37000	45	FEW@5000	KBBD 060955Z AUTO 15006KT 10SM FEW050 21/15 A3002 RMK AO2