Meteorology · Fronts — Cold Front Weather
Compared with a warm front, the weather at a fast-moving cold front is typically:
- AClear and calm with no wind change
- BA wide zone of light continuous drizzle lasting a day
- CA narrow band of intense showers or thunderstorms with a sharp wind shift and brief heavy rain✓ Correct
- DPersistent fog with no precipitation
Explanation
A cold front's steep slope forces warm air up rapidly, producing towering cumulus/cumulonimbus, a narrow band of heavy showers or thunderstorms, gusty winds, a sharp pressure rise behind, and a distinct wind veer as it passes.
Authority: Bowditch (Pub. No. 9), cold fronts; WMO
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