As a cold front passes how do the pressure...

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As a cold front passes how do the pressure and the winds change?

Question 1 of 27070

As a cold front passes how do the pressure and the winds change?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Cold front passage – how temperature, pressure, and weather change as the front moves through • Typical barometric pressure trend before and after a cold front • How winds behave near a cold front – especially speed and direction/steadiness

💭 Think About

• Think about what type of air mass is behind a cold front compared to ahead of it – is it usually higher or lower pressure air? • When a cold front passes, does the wind usually settle down and become more gentle and variable, or does it often become stronger and more turbulent for a time? • Consider what you see on a barometer and anemometer on board as a squall line or sharp cold front goes by.

✅ Before You Answer

• Recall that cold, dense air is usually associated with higher pressure than the warm air it replaces • Decide whether winds near the front edge are typically calm/variable or strong/gusty • Picture the sequence: falling pressure ahead of the front, the front’s passage, then what happens to pressure and wind just after it passes.

Question 1 of 27070

As a cold front passes how do the pressure and the winds change?

Pressure drops and winds become variable

Pressure drops and winds become gusty

Pressure rises and winds become gusty

Pressure rises and winds become variable

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As a cold front passes how do the pressure and the winds change?

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Question 1 of 27070

As a cold front passes how do the pressure and the winds change?