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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	12:55 AM		OVC	19000 - 34000	71		OVC	21000 - 38000	65	CLR	KGPM 170555Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3011 RMK AO2 T02500210 10294 20248 403260240
0650Z	1:55 AM		OVC	22000 - 33000	78		OVC	23000 - 36000	73	CLR	KGPM 170655Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 25/21 A3011 RMK AO2 T02520210
0750Z	2:55 AM		OVC	15000 - 42000	57		OVC	20000 - 36000	67	CLR	KGPM 170755Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A3012 RMK AO2 T02550213
0850Z	3:55 AM	BKN		15000 - 41000	61	BKN		14000 - 28000	70	SCT@12000	KGPM 170855Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM SCT120 25/22 A3011 RMK AO2 T02540216