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Clear skies at night lead to _____ cloudy skies at night.

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Clear skies at night lead to "colder temperatures than" cloudy skies at night.
The reason behind this is that clear skies during the night enable infrared radiation to get away, while cloudy skies during the night retain and re-emanate infrared radiation to constrain overnight cooling.
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