cloud cover
a covering of clouds over all or part of the sky.
the fraction of sky covered by clouds.
Origin of cloud cover
1- Also called cloudage.
- Compare sky cover.
Words Nearby cloud cover
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How to use cloud cover in a sentence
The thickness of the cloud cover tends to increase as you head from Northern Virginia to Baltimore.
After producing several tornado warnings and funnel clouds, storms exiting region | Jason Samenow, Jeffrey Halverson | July 29, 2021 | Washington PostThe spacecraft would launch around 2029 and drop a parachute-equipped, aeroshell-protected spherical probe that would sail through the cloud cover.
These scientists spent decades pushing NASA to go back to Venus. Now they’re on a hot streak. | Corinne Iozzio | June 29, 2021 | Popular-Science“A Lonely Man” is a superb suspense novel, imbued with moral and narrative complexity and an omnipresent low cloud cover of dread.
‘A Lonely Man’ is an elegant suspense novel in the tradition of the ‘The Third Man’ | Maureen Corrigan | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostIsolated showers are possible in the afternoon, but most of us should remain dry, albeit with a bit more cloud cover for the second half of the day.
PM Update: Isolated storms possible this evening. Comfortable conditions for Monday. | Greg Porter | April 11, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s possible that cloud cover could limit the destabilization of the atmosphere, particularly with early-morning passage of showers along the warm front.
Severe thunderstorms possible in D.C. area Sunday for first time this year | Jason Samenow, Jeffrey Halverson | March 26, 2021 | Washington Post
At this point the hot, oppressive cloud-cover was beginning to part, and the moon was rising high above the desert.
The Night the SEALS Captured the Butcher of Fallujah | Patrick Robinson | November 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut as the Flying Fortresses arrived over Normandy, gunning toward the bridge at Caen, the cloud cover suddenly thickened.
The Story of the American Journalists Who Landed on D-Day | Timothy M. Gay | June 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt flew above the cloud cover which still blotted out nearly all the blue overhead.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsThe cloud cover, broken some time since, was dissipating and now a good two-thirds of the sky was wholly clear.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald Jenkins"The boys got jumped out of cloud cover and were sitting ducks for the Jerries," the sergeant said sourly.
A Yankee Flier Over Berlin | Al AveryHe hit the cloud cover and began dodging recklessly through it, changing his course constantly to throw his pursuers off.
The Sex Life of the Gods | Michael KnerrThe slim hope faded as they emerged from the cloud cover moments later.
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X | Victor Appleton
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