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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	12:56 AM	SCT		13000 - 31000	1	SCT		14000 - 26000	1	CLR	KLRD 290556Z AUTO 15009KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02890222 10344 20289 404000267 50004
0650Z	1:56 AM	SCT		16000 - 27000	0	SCT		13000 - 24000	0	CLR	KLRD 290656Z AUTO 16009KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02890222
0750Z	2:56 AM	SCT		14000 - 30000	1	SCT		13000 - 22000	2	CLR	KLRD 290756Z AUTO 10005KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02830217
0850Z	3:56 AM		SCT	29000 - 43000	0	SCT		13000 - 15000	1	CLR	KLRD 290856Z AUTO 09006KT 10SM CLR 27/22 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02720217 53003