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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	12:52 AM		SCT	13000 - 45000	26		SCT	13000 - 37000	24	CLR	KGLS 120652Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01890183
0750Z	1:52 AM		SCT	13000 - 49000	15		SCT	13000 - 39000	15	CLR	KGLS 120752Z AUTO 33003KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01780178
0850Z	2:52 AM		SCT	13000 - 52000	11		SCT	13000 - 38000	10	CLR	KGLS 120852Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161 T01830178 55009
0950Z	3:52 AM		SCT	13000 - 51000	13		SCT	13000 - 34000	10	CLR	KGLS 120952Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP160 T01890178
1050Z	4:52 AM		SCT	13000 - 49000	11		SCT	13000 - 37000	5	CLR	KGLS 121052Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 18/17 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP160 T01830172
1150Z	5:52 AM		SCT	13000 - 44000	3		SCT	14000 - 29000	0	CLR	KGLS 121152Z 34009KT 10SM CLR 19/17 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01890172 10194 20178 53005