Pet Peeves

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:13:16 -0500, "Roger Kolakowski" <rogerkola@aol.com> said:

> What is the difference between partly cloudy skies and partly sunny skies?
> 50% coverage?

Too easy.  Skies are "partly sunny" during the day and "partly cloudy"
at night.

The actual observational categories are:

CLR or SKC - clear (0/8)
FEW - not quite clear (1-2/8)
SCT - scattered clouds (3-4/8)
BKN - mostly cloudy (5-7/8)
OVC - overcast (8/8)

I believe SCT observations are reported as "partly cloudy".

-GAWollman