opaque sky cover

From Glossary of Meteorology
In U.S. weather observing practice, the amount (in tenths) of sky cover that completely hides all that might be above it; opposed to transparent sky cover.

In the case of an obscuration or partial obscuration, the total sky cover attributed thereto must be opaque.

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