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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
0650Z	12:53 AM	SCT		16000 - 19000	0	SCT		14000 - 32000	1	CLR	KSSF 020653Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02060194 $
0750Z	1:53 AM	SCT		16000 - 17000	0	SCT		15000 - 16000	0	CLR	KSSF 020753Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 20/19 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02000194 $
0850Z	2:49 AM	SCT		13000 - 42000	1	SCT		14000 - 16000	0	BKN@600	KSSF 020849Z AUTO 15004KT 6SM BR BKN006 20/19 A2999 RMK AO2 $
0950Z	3:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 42000	10	SCT		13000 - 36000	7	OVC@400	KSSF 020953Z AUTO 15005KT 4SM BR OVC004 21/21 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02110206 $
1050Z	4:53 AM	SCT		13000 - 17000	5	SCT		13000 - 14000	0	OVC@500	KSSF 021053Z AUTO 16007KT 8SM OVC005 22/21 A2996 RMK AO2 CIG 004V009 SLP135 T02170211 $