Depressions and weather

Question 1

What is the weather like ahead of the warm front?

Answer 1

It’s cool because cold air is overhead

Question 2

What forms as the warm air is pushed upwards?

Answer 2

Thin clouds

Question 3

What is the weather like as the warm front passes?

Answer 3

Conditions on the ground get warmer

Question 4

What forms when the warm air is pushed up over the cold air and condenses?

Answer 4

Low thick clouds form with sustained drizzle

Question 5

What is the weather like when the warm air is overhead?

Answer 5

It’s warm. There’s no cloud because warm air holds a lot of water vapour

Question 6

What the cold front passes what happens to the temperature?

Answer 6

Cool air brings the temperature down again

Question 7

What is temperature like when the warm air rises rapidly and condenses after the cold front undercuts the warm air mass in front?

Answer 7

Clouds and heavy showers, and its very windy

Question 8

What happens when the cold front catches up with the warm front?

Answer 8

All of the warm air had been squeezed upwards so there’s no warms air left at the bottom.

Question 9

What is the weather like when the cold front catches up with the warm front?

Answer 9

Less rain, uplift has decreased
Little condensation, so cloud cover decreases
Wind speed decreases