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What is the difference...

Uthur · 2006-07-18 18:39:35

...between partly sunny and intermittant clouds? You see these on online weather sites like: http://www.ireland.com/weather/cities/dublin.htm

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18-07-2006 7:39pm

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Uthur

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...between partly sunny and intermittant clouds? You see these
on online weather sites like:

http://www.ireland.com/weather/cities/dublin.htm

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#2 18-07-2006 9:18pm
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Uthur wrote:

...between partly sunny and intermittant clouds? You see these
on online weather sites like:

http://www.ireland.com/weather/cities/dublin.htm

Given the pictures i'd assume the difference is the same a scattered and broken..

(Octas = Eights)

FEW = few = 1 to 2 OCTAS (Sunny - this site probably uses 0- 2 octas for this classification))
SCT = scattered = 3 to 4 OCTAS = About half the sky clear , puffy little clouds drifting about
BKN = broken = 5 to 7 OCTAS = Intermittant clouds = less puffy clouds more flat looking ones, sun coming out now and again
OVC = overcast = 8 OCTAS

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