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Sky conditions: What do they mean?

FOX6 Meteorologist Lisa Michaels talks through what it means when you hear partly cloudy or partly sunny -- and all the sky ...
Sunshine Warning: That yellow orb in the sky is going to start shining on us again soon Published: Jan. 31, 2024, 11:27 a.m. Cloud cover forecast at 1 p.m. Sunday, February 4.
The NWS glossary defines both as “3/8th to 5/8th of the sky covered by clouds”. So anything close to a 50/50 mix is partly sunny/cloudy. Mostly clear/sunny covers 1/8th to 2/8th while mostly ...
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms in Mid Cheshire this weekend. Friday, July 18, will start partly ...
MOLINE, Ill. — Mostly sunny, partly sunny, partly cloudy and mostly cloudy. These are just a few of the ways we describe what the current and expected sky is going to look like at a point in time.
Beyond not being able to call cloud cover at night partly sunny, both phrases mean exactly the same thing: a sky with between 3/8 and 5/8 coverage of clouds. Although partly sunny may sound a bit ...
The national Weather Service records daily sky cover conditions on a scale from 0 to 10. On the scale, 0 is a completely clear sky throughout the majority of the day and 10 is a completely cloudy sky.
After Saturday's cloudy sky we'll have at least a few days next week with some sun back in the forecast. I'll revisit these statistics again by the end of March 2024 to see how the month shaped up ...
The sky looks blue on a sunny day. But at night, we can see the faint glow of its true color. By Michael J. I. Brown | Published: January 11, 2023 | Last updated on May 18, 2023 ...
Reader Marcus from Louisville wrote in to ask, “What’s the difference between ‘mostly sunny’ and ‘partly cloudy’ ... equal to 1/8 of the sky (though sometimes 1/10 is used).
For starters, “partly sunny” is a daytime term and “partly cloudy” can be used either during the day or at night. Technically, “clear” and “sunny” refer to a sky that is absolutely ...