{"id":9907,"date":"2025-07-20T20:52:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=9907"},"modified":"2025-07-20T20:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:54:57","slug":"oktas-reporting-the-amount-of-cloud-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/oktas-reporting-the-amount-of-cloud-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Oktas &#8211; reporting the amount of cloud in the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldweather.wmo.int\/oktas.htm\">https:\/\/worldweather.wmo.int\/oktas.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"450\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"climat_header\" bgcolor=\"#669900\">\n<td width=\"63\">\n<div align=\"center\">Oktas<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"261\">\n<div align=\"center\">Definition<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">\n<div align=\"center\">Category<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FEFDEF\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Sky clear<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Fine<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#DDFFEE\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">1<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#DDFFEE\">1\/8 of sky covered or less, but not zero<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Fine<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FEFDEF\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">2<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>2\/8 of sky covered<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Fine<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ddffee\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">3<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>3\/8 of sky covered<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Partly Cloudy<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FEFDEF\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>4\/8 of sky covered<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Partly Cloudy<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ddffee\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">5<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>5\/8 of sky covered<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Partly Cloudy<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FEFDEF\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">6<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>6\/8 of sky covered<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Cloudy<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#ddffee\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">7<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>7\/8 of sky covered or more, but not 8\/8<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Cloudy<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FEFDEF\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">8<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>8\/8 of sky completely covered, no breaks<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Overcast<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/372x500xcloud_cover_table-v2.png.pagespeed.ic_.-P47ykWGRn.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9910\" src=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/372x500xcloud_cover_table-v2.png.pagespeed.ic_.-P47ykWGRn.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"500\" 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