Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Weather conditions associated with Mid-Latitude Cyclones (As the cold…
Weather conditions associated with Mid-Latitude Cyclones
As the cold front approaches and passes over
Temperature falls rapidly
Pressure starts to rise quickly
Warm air starts to rise sharply and cumulonimbus clouds form
Heavy showers occur over a small area
There is a decrease in humidity
The wind backs and becomes southwesterly
Later clouds begin to clear but it is till cold
In the warm sector
Temperature increases to its maximum
The pressure reaches its lowest
Unsettled weather - scattered cloud, decreasing rain, increasing sunshine
The wind drops and changes direction, it becomes northerly or northwesterly [SH]
As the warm front approaches and passes over
The temperature ahead of the front is low but is rises gradually
The pressure drops more quickly at the front
The clouds are cirrus thickening to cirrustratus, altostratus and nimbostratus
Gentle steady rainfall
The wind direction is approximately northeasterly [SH]
Reasons for weather changes
Temperatures drop
Wind backs
Cloud cover increases
Clouds become cumulonimbus
Pressure drops and then rises
Heavy rainfall occurs over a small are