🔍 Key Concepts

• Cold front vs. warm front typical weather patterns • Wind shift and temperature change associated with a cold front • Thunderstorms and showers along or just ahead of a cold front

💭 Think About

• Think about what happens when a cold, dense air mass pushes into a warmer, moist air mass. Does this usually produce calm or more active weather? • When a cold front passes, how do winds typically shift in direction in the mid-latitudes of the U.S.? • Which choice sounds more like stable, gentle conditions, and which sound more like rapidly changing, unstable conditions common with a cold front?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which options mention a wind shift and/or gusty conditions • Check which choices describe fog and drizzle (more typical of slow, stable situations) versus showers or thunderstorms (more typical of a cold front) • Verify that the wind direction change you pick is consistent with a front moving west to east across western Kentucky and Tennessee