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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	SCT		13000 - 20000	2	CLR		-	0	CLR	KASL 260555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2996 RMK AO2 60000 T02430231 10326 20231 403470231 55005 $
0650Z	1:55 AM	SCT		14000 - 38000	4	SCT		13000 - 33000	3	CLR	KASL 260655Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2996 RMK AO2 T02390232 $
0750Z	2:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 41000	29	SCT		13000 - 35000	27	CLR	KASL 260755Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2996 RMK AO2 T02440236 $