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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
0550Z	12:53 AM		SCT	15000 - 51000	4		SCT	14000 - 43000	3	CLR	KFTW 190553Z 17008KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02780211 51013 $
0650Z	1:53 AM		SCT	14000 - 43000	4		SCT	14000 - 41000	4		KFTW 190653Z RMK AO2 SLPNO $
0750Z	2:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 51000	2		SCT	13000 - 43000	6	CLR	KFTW 190753Z 17009KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02780222 $
0850Z	3:53 AM	CLR		-	0		SCT	14000 - 35000	3		KFTW 190853Z RMK AO2 SLPNO $