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The heights above the earth’s surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena that is reported as “broken,” “overcast,” or “obscuration,” and not classified as “thin” or “partial.”

Source FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary · checked 2026-08-25

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