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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
1050Z	No Ob		OVC	28000 - 46000	42		OVC	27000 - 41000	41
1150Z	No Ob		OVC	27000 - 46000	30		OVC	22000 - 45000	34
1250Z	No Ob		BKN	13000 - 46000	27		BKN	16000 - 42000	29
1350Z	No Ob		OVC	27000 - 46000	32		OVC	27000 - 40000	42
1450Z	No Ob		OVC	28000 - 38000	68		OVC	28000 - 37000	64
1550Z	No Ob		OVC	30000 - 42000	85		OVC	30000 - 43000	84
1650Z	No Ob		OVC	33000 - 46000	88		BKN	34000 - 45000	83
1750Z	No Ob		OVC	34000 - 42000	91		OVC	34000 - 41000	86
1850Z	No Ob		OVC	32000 - 40000	90		OVC	34000 - 40000	89
1950Z	No Ob		OVC	29000 - 41000	92		BKN	33000 - 40000	75
2050Z	No Ob		OVC	29000 - 38000	85		BKN	32000 - 39000	76
2150Z	No Ob		OVC	32000 - 40000	89		OVC	34000 - 41000	87
2250Z	No Ob		OVC	34000 - 38000	88		OVC	34000 - 38000	87
2350Z	No Ob		OVC	34000 - 38000	90		OVC	34000 - 38000	88
0050Z	No Ob		OVC	33000 - 36000	86		OVC	34000 - 37000	84
0150Z	No Ob		OVC	33000 - 36000	86		OVC	34000 - 37000	82
0250Z	No Ob		OVC	30000 - 36000	89		OVC	32000 - 38000	86
0350Z	No Ob		OVC	32000 - 37000	88		OVC	33000 - 37000	86
0450Z	No Ob		OVC	29000 - 36000	85		OVC	15000 - 36000	78
0550Z	No Ob		BKN	13000 - 35000	50		BKN	13000 - 35000	41