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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
0650Z	12:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KGKY 120653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/09 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01220094
0750Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KGKY 120753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP182 T01060089
0850Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KGKY 120853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/08 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01000083 56005