What type of weather front would likely be responsible for the following weather forecast? "Increasing cloudiness and warm today with the possibility of showers by this evening. Turning much colder tonight. Winds southwesterly becoming gusty and shifting to northwesterly by tonight."

a. cold front
b. warm front
c. dryline
d. stationary front
e. warm-type occluded front


ANSWER: a

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