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- Definição1
- Descriptive of a sky cover of from 0.6 to 0.9 (to the nearest tenth). This is applied only when obscuring phenomena aloft are present, that is, not when the sky cover is composed entirely of surface-based obscuring phenomena.
- 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
- [broken level] a layer of the atmosphere with 5/8 to 7/8 sky cover (cloud cover).
- 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
- As it relates to the cloud amount, it means 5 to 7 octas of clouds. Five or 7 octas means 5/8 or 7/8 of the sky is covered with clouds.
- Fonte3
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte4
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Pilot’s handbook of aeronautical knowledge. [s.l.], 2016. Disponível em: < https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak/media/pilot_handbook.pdf>. Acesso em: 21 set. 2021.
- Nota adicional1
- Acronym in English: BKN.
- Nota adicional2
- In aviation weather observations, a broken sky cover may be explicitly identified as thin (predominantly transparent); otherwise a predominantly opaque status is implicit.
- Contexto
- Approaching Indianapolis, the weather deteriorates to broken clouds at 2,000 feet with three miles visibility and rain.
- Subárea1
- Aeronautical Meteorology
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