sunny then cloudy; clear then cloudy
Fixed weather-forecast phrase meaning that the weather will be fine at first and later become cloudy. Used in spoken and written forecasts.
See also: 晴れ後雨 (はれのちあめ)
Tomorrow's weather will be sunny, then cloudy.
The weather forecast says it will be sunny, then cloudy in the afternoon.
Standard weather-forecast expression; the 晴れ and 曇り parts are often written in kana in this fixed phrase.
Abbreviated kanji form used in compact weather reports and headlines.
Compound of 晴れ (fine weather), 後 (after), and 曇り (cloudy weather), following the pattern of weather-forecast phrases.