overcast weather

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• Overcast — For other uses, see Overcast (disambiguation). A completely overcast sky Overcast or overcast weather, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, is the meteorological condition of clouds obscuring all of the sky.[1] …   Wikipedia

• Weather lore — is the body of informal folklore related to the prediction of the weather.It has been a human desire for millennia to make accurate weather predictions. Oral and written history is full of rhymes, anecdotes, and adages meant to guide the… …   Wikipedia

• Overcast (Transformers) — Overcast is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers universes. Transformers: EnergonTransformers character name =Overcast japanname =Skyfire Sonic caption =Energon Overcast and Jetfire linked affiliation =Autobot subgroup… …   Wikipedia

• overcast — (adj.) 1560s, originally pp. of verb overcast (late 13c.), to cover, to overspread as with a garment, usually of weather, from OVER (Cf. over) + CAST (Cf. cast) (q.v.). Earliest sense of the verb (early 13c.) was to overthrow …   Etymology dictionary

• overcast — [ō′vər kast΄; ] for v., also [ ō΄vər kast′] n. a covering, esp. of clouds adj. 1. cloudy; dark: said of the sky or weather 2. Sewing made with overcasting vt., vi. overcast, overcasting 1. to overcloud; darken …   English World dictionary

• weather — weath|er1 W2S1 [ˈweðə US ər] n [: Old English; Origin: weder] 1.) [singular, U] the temperature and other conditions such as sun, rain, and wind ▪ What s the weather like today? ▪ a period of unusually hot weather ▪ The weather turned bitterly… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• weather — n. 1) to forecast, predict the weather 2) (good) beautiful; clear, fair; dry; fine, good, nice, pleasant; mild; seasonable weather 3) (bad) atrocious, bad, beastly, bleak, foul, gloomy, inclement; threatening; ugly weather 4) (rainy) cloudy,… …   Combinatory dictionary

• overcast — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)kɑ͟ːst, kæ̱st[/t]] ADJ If it is overcast, or if the sky or the day is overcast, the sky is completely covered with cloud and there is not much light. For three days it was overcast... The weather forecast is for showers and overcast… …   English dictionary

• weather bomb — n. A massive and powerful storm that develops quickly and without warning. Example Citations: The sunny skies and moderate breezes for the first part of the 1,000 km journey were forecast to give way to heavy overcast and a stormy 45 knots.… …   New words

• overcast — adjective 1》 (of the sky or weather) cloudy; dull. 2》 edged with stitching to prevent fraying. noun cloud covering a large part of the sky. verb (past and past participle overcast) 1》 cover with clouds or shade. 2》 stitch over (a raw edge) to… …   English new terms dictionary

• overcast — adj., v., & n. adj. 1 (of the sky, weather, etc.) covered with cloud; dull and gloomy. 2 (in sewing) edged with stitching to prevent fraying. v.tr. (past and past part. cast) 1 cover (the sky etc.) with clouds or darkness. 2 stitch over (a raw… …   Useful english dictionary