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Because this is an impersonal weather expression.
In Russian, weather and general conditions are often said without a real subject:
- было холодно = it was cold
- было темно = it was dark
- было пасмурнее = it was more overcast
In the past tense, these impersonal sentences usually use neuter singular:
- было
So было пасмурнее literally works like it was more overcast, even though Russian does not use a separate word for it here.
Yes. Сегодня утром is a very natural way to say this morning.
It is made of:
- сегодня = today
- утром = in the morning
So together:
- сегодня утром = this morning / today in the morning
Russian often uses time words this way:
- сегодня днём = this afternoon / during the day today
- сегодня вечером = this evening
- сегодня ночью = tonight / during the night today