Describe some of the changes in weather conditions (winds, temperature, clouds, precipitation, pressure changes) you would expect to observe as a cold front approaches and passes through your location.?

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ANSWER: Some of the weather changes would be sharp temperature changes over a relatively short distance, changes in the air’s moisture content (as shown by marked changes in the dew point), shifts in wind direction, pressure and pressure changes, clouds, and precipitation patterns.
More specifically, the lowest pressure usually occurs just as the front passes a station. As you move toward the front, the pressure drops, and, as you move away from it, the pressure rises. The precipitation pattern along the cold front might be that light-to-moderate rain occurs over a wide area along the front, while heavier precipitation is found in a narrow band along the front itself. Strong thunderstorms can be found only in certain areas along this front. A commonly observed cloud and precipitation patterns might be that as the moist, conditionally unstable air rises, it condenses into a series of cumuliform clouds. Strong, upper-level westerly winds blow the delicate ice crystals (which form near the top of the cumulonimbus) into cirrostratus and cirrus. These clouds usually appear far in advance of the approaching front. At the front itself, a relatively narrow band of thunderstorms produces heavy showers with gusty winds. Behind the front, the air cools quickly. The winds shift, pressure rises, and precipitation ends. As the air dries out, the skies clear, except for a few lingering cumulus clouds.?