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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
0650Z	6:19 AM		BKN	13000 - 41000	35		BKN	13000 - 41000	34	FEW@1700	KACT 171219Z 16008KT 10SM FEW017 21/19 A2985
0750Z	6:19 AM		SCT	13000 - 41000	15		SCT	13000 - 33000	11	FEW@1700	KACT 171219Z 16008KT 10SM FEW017 21/19 A2985
0850Z	6:19 AM		SCT	13000 - 41000	7	SCT		13000 - 41000	6	FEW@1700	KACT 171219Z 16008KT 10SM FEW017 21/19 A2985
0950Z	6:19 AM	SCT		13000 - 41000	7	SCT	SCT	13000 - 41000	4	FEW@1700	KACT 171219Z 16008KT 10SM FEW017 21/19 A2985
1050Z	6:19 AM		SCT	13000 - 41000	19		SCT	13000 - 38000	20	FEW@1700	KACT 171219Z 16008KT 10SM FEW017 21/19 A2985
1150Z	6:19 AM		SCT	13000 - 41000	14		SCT	13000 - 35000	9	FEW@1700	KACT 171219Z 16008KT 10SM FEW017 21/19 A2985
1250Z	6:51 AM	SCT		13000 - 16000	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KACT 171251Z 16007KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A2986
1350Z	6:51 AM	SCT		13000 - 16000	1	SCT		13000 - 13000	0	CLR	KACT 171251Z 16007KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A2986
1450Z	8:51 AM	CLR		-	0	CLR		-	0	CLR	KACT 171451Z 18014G21KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2989
1530Z	8:51 AM			-		SCT		13000 - 15000	0	CLR	KACT 171451Z 18014G21KT 10SM CLR 23/20 A2989