"Dave Cornwell" wrote in message
...
Are the high grey/white clouds that seem to be currently plagueing the
whole of the UK (with perhaps the exception of parts of the SW and North
Norfolk, and Scotland) a mixture of cirrostratus and altocumulus, I'm
never very good with these amorphous skies? Either way the Met Office
forecast it well on Sunday's Countryfile forecast.
Dave

Your description doesn't fit the sky we have here in Wokingham Dave. We have
a complete cover of stratocumulus at about 4500 ft (1.4 km), not by any
means a high cloud layer.
Vertically pointing radar and lidar images in real time can be seen at:
http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/radar/realtime/pbl.html
and you may find these instructive.
However, you do not state where you are observing, and it may be different
where you are. It is always of use if the location is given in the post.

--
Bernard Burton

Wokingham Berkshire.

Weather data and satellite images at:
http://www.woksat.info/wwp.html