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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	12:53 AM	SCT	SCT	15000 - 44000	1		SCT	13000 - 47000	0	CLR	KUTS 090553Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3010 RMK AO1 SLP185 T02720244 10322 20272 403610256 53010
0650Z	1:53 AM		SCT	21000 - 37000	0	SCT		14000 - 36000	0	CLR	KUTS 090653Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3009 RMK AO1 SLP182 T02670244