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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	12:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KGVT 270550Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S
0650Z	1:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KGVT 270650Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S
0750Z	2:50 AM	SCT		22000 - 25000	0	SCT		16000 - 18000	0	CLR	KGVT 270750Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2994 RMK AO2
0850Z	3:50 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KGVT 270850Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A2995 RMK AO2