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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 - 30000	49	SCT		13000 - 22000	39	CLR	KCFD 270555Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE T03070217 10366 20307
0650Z	1:55 AM	BKN		13000 - 29000	49	SCT		13000 - 24000	38	CLR	KCFD 270655Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 30/21 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE T03000212