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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	SCT	13000 - 48000	14		SCT	13000 - 38000	10
1150Z	No Ob	SCT		13000 - 47000	11	SCT		13000 - 38000	17
1250Z	No Ob	SCT		13000 - 47000	16	SCT		13000 - 35000	14
1350Z	No Ob	SCT		13000 - 21000	3	SCT		13000 - 24000	2
1450Z	No Ob	SCT	SCT	13000 - 44000	2	SCT		13000 - 41000	7
1550Z	No Ob	SCT	SCT	13000 - 46000	16	SCT		13000 - 38000	19
1650Z	No Ob	SCT		13000 - 40000	19	SCT		13000 - 37000	20
1750Z	No Ob	SCT		13000 - 38000	21	SCT		13000 - 33000	22
1850Z	No Ob	BKN		13000 - 37000	37	BKN		13000 - 44000	40
1950Z	No Ob		BKN	13000 - 42000	35		BKN	13000 - 34000	37
2050Z	No Ob		OVC	19000 - 48000	37		OVC	20000 - 33000	43
2150Z	No Ob		SCT	18000 - 52000	24		BKN	25000 - 43000	37
2250Z	No Ob	SCT	SCT	13000 - 52000	33		BKN	13000 - 46000	35
2350Z	No Ob		OVC	15000 - 51000	55		BKN	13000 - 35000	56
0050Z	No Ob		OVC	19000 - 47000	54		OVC	18000 - 36000	60
0150Z	No Ob		OVC	25000 - 36000	79		OVC	25000 - 35000	74
0250Z	No Ob		OVC	14000 - 35000	59		OVC	15000 - 33000	62