The following questions refer to midlatitude cyclones and the frontal weather associated with them. a. Describe the weather several hours after the passage of a cold front. With what type of pressure system are these weather conditions associated? b. What is the source region for the mT air mass that produces most of the clouds and precipitation in the eastern two-thirds of the United States? c. What type of severe weather would most concern a meteorologist when a stationary front is present over a region? (Hint: This severe weather type claims the most lives, on average, each year in the United States.)

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The following questions refer to midlatitude cyclones and the
frontal weather associated with them.
a. Describe the weather several hours after the passage of a
cold front. With what type of pressure system are these
weather conditions associated?
b. What is the source region for the mT air mass that
produces most of the clouds and precipitation in the
eastern two-thirds of the United States?
c. What type of severe weather would most concern a
meteorologist when a stationary front is present over a
region? (Hint: This severe weather type claims the most
lives, on average, each year in the United States.)

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