answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The weather before a cold front is generally warm and becomes rapidly cooler as the front arrives and occasionally is accompanied by light precipitation. Within the first hour the temperature can drop more than 15 degrees.

User Avatar

Wiki User

9y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

windy and rainy, humid

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

thunderstorm

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

cold

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Is it cloudy or clear prior to a cold front?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is a included front?

Possibly it was an occluded front, a warm front followed by a cold one. Often cloudy.


What do weather fronts bring?

Cold Front: Thunderstorms , Heavy Rains , or SnowWarm Front: Drizzly Rain , and are followed by clear and warm weatherOccluded Front: Cool Temperatures , and Large amounts of rain and snowStationary Front: Cloudy , Wet Weather


What type of weather occurs as a warm front moves through an area?

Cold front: Brings thunderstorms ,snow, heavy rain, and cold dry air Warm front: Brings drizzly rain then clear weather, warm and humid air


What type of front does cool clear weather usually follow?

A cold front.


Weather words starting with the letter C?

Calm, ceiling, Celsius, clear, climate, cloudburst, cloudy, cold front, cumulonimbus cloud and cyclone are weather words. They begin with the letter c.


What is weathery?

The state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. :)


What are some adjectives for water that start with the letter C?

· calm · chilly · clean · clear · cloudy · cold · cool


What can be expected to occur to the atmospheric pressure prior to the passage of a cold front and after the cold front passes?

The pressure is lowest as the front passes. In fact, that is how you can identify a cold front on a map with no other information.


Why does cloudy nights have higher temperature than clear nights?

Clear nights often mean high pressure sytems which often means cold air. Cloudy nights often mean low pressure systems which often mean warm air.


Why is it that cloudy nights are usually warmer than clear ones?

Because the clouds cover up the cold air that tries to get into Earth.


Does an occluded front bring cold weather?

yes: occluded fronts cause the weather to turn cloudy and rainy or snowy


Clear skies and gentle breezes are?

cold front