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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	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 13000	0	CLR	KHQZ 040555Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR A2993 RMK AO1
0650Z	1:55 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 13000	0	CLR	KHQZ 040655Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM CLR A2993 RMK AO1
0750Z	2:55 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 14000	1	CLR	KHQZ 040755Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR A2993 RMK AO1
0850Z	3:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KHQZ 040855Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR A2993 RMK AO1
0950Z	4:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KHQZ 040955Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR A2993 RMK AO1
1050Z	5:55 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KHQZ 041055Z AUTO 14004KT 10SM CLR A2994 RMK AO1
1150Z	6:50 AM	CLR		-	0	SCT		13000 - 14000	0	CLR	KHQZ 041150Z 12005KT 10SM CLR A2995
1250Z	7:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	SCT@8000	KHQZ 041250Z 13004KT 7SM SCT080 A2996
1350Z	8:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	FEW@2000	KHQZ 041350Z 14007KT 7SM FEW020 A2997
1450Z	9:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	BKN@1400	KHQZ 041450Z 16008KT 7SM BKN0014 A2998
1550Z	10:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	SCT@2600	KHQZ 041550Z 16008KT 10SM SCT026 A2998
1650Z	11:50 AM	SCT		13000 - 13000	0	CLR		-	0	SCT@4400	KHQZ 041650Z 17006KT 10SM SCT044 A2998