🔍 Key Concepts

• Cold front vs warm front characteristics (speed of movement, slope, associated weather) • Typical weather before, during, and after frontal passage (pressure, temperature, wind shift, precipitation) • Barometric pressure and temperature trends with different frontal types

💭 Think About

• Think about which type of front usually moves more quickly: dense cold air advancing, or lighter warm air advancing? • Recall what typically happens to temperature and barometric pressure right after a cold front passes an area. • Compare the usual severity of weather (thunderstorms, squalls) between warm fronts and cold fronts— which front is usually associated with the more violent weather?

✅ Before You Answer

• For each choice, ask: Is this consistent with standard mid-latitude frontal behavior? • Double-check your memory of pressure trend with a warm front: does it generally rise or fall as the front passes? • Be sure you remember post-frontal temperature change after a cold front—does it normally go up or down?