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How to spot clouds

A look at the main types of cloud and the weather that they bring

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Along with this video we have produced a downloadable poster for students to print off.  They can then go outside record how many different type of cloud they can spot over the coming weeks. 

They will have to look at different parts of the sky to see different clouds and they won't all be visible at once, however they could see a few of them in one day.

Find out more information on clouds from the Met Office

Download the cloud spotting poster (PDF, 252 kB)

How to spot clouds video transcript (PDF, 118 kB)

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