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I've seen that before, but always wondered how people used that information.  How do you know if the clouds are at 2000' or 20,000'?

I mostly fly IFR so am more interested in adverse weather, but the green (VFR) / blue (MVFR) / red (IFR) / magenta (LIFR) airport color-coding has always been sufficient to clue me in on where I need to dig deeper to look at cloud (and other weather) details.

Cobra:

I am not IFR.  The way I use the sky coverage is to siimply insure that there is not 100% cloud coverage at my destination.  I would rely on this feature at night either.

For example, if I am flying along at 6,500 feet and encounter a cloud layer at 3,000.  The layer is 100% and it is indicated on the sky coverage of ForeFlight.  I need to get across the deck 60 miles or so and I want to make sure the cloud deck is gone or it is broken in the area where I need to land.  Knowing the sky coverage near my desitination lets me know if I am OK on top, or need to go under it.  I use this feature all the time.

In your example with the color dots may help, but as you know it can be VFR but 100% cloud coverage.

Bret