🔍 Key Concepts

• Cold front vs warm front weather patterns (look at the blue triangles vs red semicircles). • Weather typically found just along and ahead of a cold front compared to a warm front. • Differences between steady precipitation and showery/thunderstorm precipitation.

💭 Think About

• Is position I on or near the cold front, the warm front, or well behind/ahead of both? What kind of clouds and lifting are usually associated with that location? • Which of the choices best matches the kind of precipitation pattern (continuous vs showery) that you would expect where cold, dense air is undercutting warm, moist air? • Think about whether temperatures at I are likely rising, falling, or staying about the same as the front passes. Which answer choice is consistent with that?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm whether the blue line with triangles represents a cold front and in which direction it is moving. • Decide if a vessel right on that blue front line is more likely to see stratiform (layered, steady) rain or convective (showery, possibly thundery) weather. • Eliminate any options that describe conditions typical well behind a front or far ahead of a warm front, not right on a cold frontal boundary.