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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 - 48000	21		SCT	13000 - 39000	25	CLR	KSKF 180555Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02570184 10329 20257 403490214 50003 $
0650Z	1:55 AM		SCT	13000 - 45000	22		SCT	13000 - 37000	18	CLR	KSKF 180655Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 25/18 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02470181 $