Question

Place the following in the order you would experience them if a typical mid-latitude cyclone passed to your west, so that first the warm front passed you and then the cold front passed you.  

1. cold but dry

2. warm sector

3. thunderstorms(potentially severe)

4. Steady rain from nimbostratus clouds

Answer 1

If a typical mid-latitude cyclone passed to one's west then, one will experience in chronological order:

1. Cold but dry
2. Steady rain from nimbostratus clouds
3. Warm sector
4. Thunderstorm (potentially severe

A typical mid-latitude cyclone has the following parts, chronologically experiencing first coming from east an going to west:

1. Cool Air
2. Moderate light showers and stratus clouds
3. Warm front
4. Warm air
5. Heavy rain and cumulonimbus clouds
6. Severe thunderstorm
7. Cold air and humidity