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I don't know why I expected this to show me the actual sky, like with current clouds/weather and lighting conditions at a point on Earth. Does that exist?

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AFAIK, nobody has added the weather to Stellarium, but it does show sky at various times and places on Earth, with toggles for the ground and atmosphere. Web version:

https://stellarium-web.org/

Does anybody show real time cloud coverage via API to even pull this in? Obviously, it would have to be day time for your real time location. It would also be a view from outside the sphere so you'd have to do whatever inverting to see it the right way from inside the sphere.

After all of that, I have to ask why would one want this anyways? If it's cloudy outside so I can't see the sky, I don't want a tool to show me the same no sky view either.

In Australia the BoM pulls MODIS twice a day (they also collect it raw from ground stations as the sats pass over and route that onwards).

https://atmosphere-imager.gsfc.nasa.gov/products/cloud

does twice a day count as realtime?

Obviously not, how is it you don't grasp that?

How do you expect to get global realtime cloud coverage?

You can also pull from Doppler radar sites (real time, limited to ~ 250km radius about sites), mosaic and interpolate with MODIS

Because I specifically asked if anyone offers a real time, and you reply back with a twice a day response like that was helpful. How do I get a useful response from yours?

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