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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	12:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMAF 060553Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP104 T02830172 10361 20283 403720239 50015
0650Z	1:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMAF 060653Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP098 T02780172
0750Z	2:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMAF 060753Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP097 T02610172
0850Z	3:53 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMAF 060853Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP096 T02560172 56007
0950Z	4:53 AM		SCT	28000 - 36000	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KMAF 060953Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 24/17 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP097 T02440172
1050Z	5:53 AM	SCT	SCT	13000 - 39000	2	SCT	SCT	13000 - 38000	2	CLR	KMAF 061053Z 12003KT 10SM CLR 24/17 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP100 T02440172