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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
1250Z	No Ob		OVC	31000 - 37000	66		OVC	32000 - 39000	57
1350Z	No Ob		OVC	28000 - 35000	54		OVC	25000 - 39000	55
1450Z	No Ob		OVC	28000 - 39000	62		BKN	21000 - 37000	58
1550Z	No Ob		BKN	17000 - 34000	69		BKN	17000 - 34000	50
1650Z	No Ob		OVC	15000 - 38000	47		OVC	18000 - 36000	44
1750Z	No Ob		OVC	16000 - 39000	42		OVC	18000 - 37000	41
1850Z	No Ob		OVC	18000 - 36000	57		OVC	20000 - 35000	53
1950Z	No Ob		OVC	27000 - 34000	70		OVC	24000 - 35000	66
2050Z	No Ob		OVC	20000 - 32000	74		BKN	21000 - 33000	61
2150Z	No Ob		OVC	25000 - 34000	79		OVC	20000 - 35000	66
2250Z	No Ob		BKN	19000 - 32000	64	BKN		14000 - 31000	49
2350Z	No Ob		OVC	13000 - 33000	66	BKN		13000 - 32000	52
0050Z	No Ob		OVC	17000 - 31000	74		BKN	17000 - 31000	58
0150Z	No Ob	BKN		13000 - 34000	67	BKN		14000 - 31000	54