---
name: "overcast"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Environment"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/overcast
revid: 310759
updated: 2022-05-07T20:21:35Z
---

# overcast

*Command · Environment · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Armed Assault v1.00*

## Description

Return the current overcast level. Zero is clear skies, one is maximum cloud cover.

## Syntax

```sqf
overcast
```

**Returns:** [Number](../topics/Number.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_cloudLevel = overcast;
```

## Multiplayer

Before Arma 3, each client and the server can have differing overcast values.

## See also

[overcastForecast](../commands/overcastForecast.md) · [setOvercast](../commands/setOvercast.md) · [nextWeatherChange](../commands/nextWeatherChange.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — overcast](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/overcast) (revision 310759).</sub>