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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		BKN	13000 - 36000	51		BKN	15000 - 37000	54	CLR	KMDD 030555Z AUTO 16008KT 10SM CLR 25/17 A3005 RMK AO2 T02490166 10330 20239
0650Z	1:55 AM		BKN	13000 - 41000	27		BKN	13000 - 41000	31	CLR	KMDD 030655Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM CLR 25/16 A3005 RMK AO2 T02530161
0750Z	2:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 50000	25		BKN	13000 - 47000	28	CLR	KMDD 030755Z AUTO 17010KT 10SM CLR 27/15 A3004 RMK AO2 T02660150