2007-09-29 04:21:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Nothing really.
On the old weather observation forms (that are no longer used) they are both equal to 8 octants of cloud cover so they are both equal. They both can have breaks in the overcast as well. It is just a choice of two words that mean the same.
If you look up the word cloudy in a dictionary, it says "full of clouds, overcast" as the first definition.
If you look up the word overcast in the same dictionary, guess what...the first definition was "cloudy, full of clouds, as in sky".
2007-09-29 05:09:14 · answer #1 · answered by Water 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-30 10:10:01 · answer #2 · answered by husted 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What's the difference between overcast and cloudy?
2015-08-07 04:16:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
'Overcast' means the sky will be completely covered with clouds without any gap.But 'cloudy' means most part of the sky will be covered by clouds and at the same time some gaps can be seen.
2007-09-29 05:27:18 · answer #4 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cloudy infers clouds, overcast can be a sky without cloud shapes that is not clear.
2007-09-29 04:29:48 · answer #5 · answered by red 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cloudy is when the clouds are broken up, these are most commonly cumulus clouds (when you can see blue sky between them)
Overcast is when clouds completely cover the sky ( unbroken)
these are most commonly strattus clouds.
2007-09-29 04:32:13 · answer #6 · answered by Mark K 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
overcast - cirrus clouds (thin, featherly cover)
Cloudy - cumulus (big, thick, rolling)
2007-09-29 19:55:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋