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overcast
Definição1
The cloud layer that covers most or all of the sky.
Fonte1
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 21 set. 2021.
Definição2
An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, when the sky is completely covered by an obscuring phenomenon. This is applied only when obscuring phenomenon aloft are present--that is, not when obscuring phenomenon are surface-based, such as fog.
Fonte2
UNITED STATES. National Weather Service. National weather service glossary. [20-?]. In: ______. [Homepage]. [Silver Spring, MD, 20-?]. Disponível em: < https://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php >. Acesso em: 21 set. 2021.
Definição3
Sky with a cloud cover of 8 oktas
Fonte3
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 3 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation: parts I and II. 19th ed. Montreal, 2016.
Nota adicional1
Acronym in English: OVC.
Nota adicional2
It generally suggests a widespread layer of clouds such as that considered typical of a warm front.
Contexto
The location of the CB and/or TCU should be specified in addition to any widespread areas of broken or overcast cloud.
Subárea1
Aeronautical Meteorology
Related Term
cloudy
Português
encoberto