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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
1050Z	No Ob		SCT	15000 - 52000	23		SCT	13000 - 43000	22
1150Z	No Ob		SCT	13000 - 45000	25		SCT	13000 - 42000	18
1250Z	No Ob		BKN	14000 - 52000	27		SCT	13000 - 46000	23
1350Z	No Ob		SCT	13000 - 53000	23		SCT	13000 - 40000	18
1450Z	No Ob		SCT	13000 - 51000	18		SCT	13000 - 39000	13
1550Z	No Ob		SCT	13000 - 47000	3		SCT	13000 - 37000	1
1650Z	No Ob	SCT		13000 - 27000	0	CLR		-	0
1750Z	No Ob	SCT		13000 - 29000	4	SCT		13000 - 20000	2
1850Z	No Ob	SCT		13000 - 30000	33	SCT		13000 - 26000	19
1950Z	No Ob	BKN		13000 - 31000	35	SCT		13000 - 21000	24
2050Z	No Ob	SCT		13000 - 32000	15	SCT		13000 - 21000	12
2150Z	No Ob	SCT		13000 - 40000	25	SCT		13000 - 29000	21