The Met Office's guide to cloud spotting

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Do you know your Stratocumulus from your Altostratus? Could you tell a Cirrus and a Cirrostratus cloud apart?

In this video we take you through the characteristics of 10 of the most common clouds - so when you are next out and about, you'll know exactly what you are looking up at.

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