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Few clouds

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-000962

An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring phenomenon aloft are
present--that is, not when obscuring phenomenon are surface-based, such as fog.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-000962
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000962",
  "term": "Few clouds",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "term_source": "Few Clouds",
  "definition": "An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring phenomenon aloft are\npresent--that is, not when obscuring phenomenon are surface-based, such as fog.",
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/few-clouds/"
}

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