The character of the day’s weather when the average cloudiness, as determined from frequent observations, has been from 0.4 to 0.7 for the 24hr period. In popular usage, when clouds are conspicuously present, but do not completely dull the day of the sky at any moment. Think of partly cloudy as the total cloud cover being one slice of a pie, and the sunshine constituting the remainder of the pie.
When the predominant/average sky condition is covered 3/8 to 4/8 with opaque (not transparent) clouds. Same as Partly Sunny.
the appearance of the sky when 3/10ths to 6/10ths of the sky is covered with clouds.
Means the sky has some amount of clouds, but usually between 30 and 70% coverage. Often used at night.
Between 3/10 and 7/10 cloud cover.
Clouds dominate, with little clear sky showing. Cloud cover will be between 6/10 and 9/10.
Sky condition when between 3/10 and 7/10 of the sky is covered.
The state of the weather when the clouds are conspicuously present, but do not completely dull the sky or the day at any moment. The National Weather Service does not have an amount of sky cover for this condition. Related terms: clear, few, scattered, broken, and overcast
1. In U.S. climatological practice, the character of a day's weather when the average cloudiness, as determined from frequent observations, has been from 0.4 to 0.7 for the 24-hour period. Compare clear, cloudy. 2. In popular usage, the state of the weather when clouds are conspicuously present but do not completely dull the day or the sky at any moment. In weather forecast terminology, this term may be used when the expected cloudiness is from about 0.3 to 0.6.