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What is a broken cloud cover?
How are fractions used to describe the amount of cloud cover? (If a sky is clear, then it is 0-1/10th covered with clouds; if it is scattered, then it is 1/10th-5/10th covered; if it is broken, then it is 5/10th-9/10th covered; if it is overcast, then it is 9/10th-10/10th covered.)
What is the sky condition when it is 7/8 covered by cloud?
Used in a forecast to describes the predominant/average sky condition based upon octants (eighths) of the sky covered by opaque (not transparent) clouds….
| Sky Condition | Cloud Coverage |
|---|---|
| Partly Cloudy / Partly Sunny | 3/8 to 4/8 |
| Mostly Cloudy / Considerable Cloudiness | 5/8 to 7/8 |
| Cloudy | 8/8 |
Why is cloud cover measured in eighths?
In meteorology, cloud cover is measured in oktas. The unit of cloud amount – okta – is an eighth of the sky dome covered by cloud. Sky needs to be mentally divide it into eight boxes, then all the visible clouds are squashed into these boxes. The number of filled boxes is how many oktas of cloud there are.
What is cloud cover measured by?
oktas
In meteorology, cloud cover is measured in oktas, or eighths of the sky. If you look up at the sky, and mentally divide it into eight boxes, then imagine all the cloud you can see squashed into these boxes.
When the sky is 7 10ths cloud cover how would we describe this?
clear 0/10, 1/10 to 3/10 mostly clear, 4/10 to 6/10 partly cloudy, 7/10 to 9/10 mostly cloudy, and 10/10 cloudy. This scale can be used both during the day and night. Terms such as sunny, partly sunny and mostly sunny work fine during the day but obviously can not be used at night.
What is defined as a cloud ceiling?
The height above the Earth’s surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena that is reported as broken, overcast, or obscuration, and not classified as thin or partial.
Are cloud ceilings AGL or MSL?
Remember, METAR and TAF report the height of clouds AGL, not MSL. OVC040 = Overcast at 4,000 ft above the airport. If the airport is 1,000 ft, cloud bases are then at 5,000 ft MSL.
What do Scattered clouds mean?
: clouds covering one tenth to one half of the sky.
Is Broken clouds a ceiling?
Ceiling at your intended destination may be defined as the lowest broken or overcast cloud layer. If the sky is totally obscured, height of vertical visibility is used as the ceiling.
What is cloud cover percentage?
This shows the average percentage global cloud cover at any time is about 65 per cent. The ISCCP data on total cloud cover includes clouds at all levels. But the percentage coverage of low cloud is much less, at about 11 per cent. Low cloud coverage is also much more variable than total cloud cover.
How is Igcse cloud cover measured?
Cloud cover is measured on an eight point scale, 0 Oktas being clear sky , one Octa being 1/8 of the sky covered in cloud, and so on up to 8 Oktas – completely overcast. Measure off the sides of the mirror so that each side will be split into four equal parts.
What causes cloud cover?
Clouds warm and dry Earth’s atmosphere and supply water to the surface by forming precipitation. Clouds are themselves created by the motions of the atmosphere that are caused by the warming or cooling of radiation and precipitation.
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