As a warm front passes your position, in what order do conditions typically change?

A. Cumulus builds → heavy showers → rapid clearance → cold and clear

B. Fog → drizzle → clearing → cold front

C. Cirrus cloud → thickening alto/stratus → steady rain → clearing → warmer, humid, possibly foggy conditions in the warm sector

D. Wind backs sharply, brief squall, then long clear period

A. 17–21 knots; fresh breeze; moderate waves, many white horses

B. 28–33 knots; near gale; sea heaps up, streaks of foam

C. 22–27 knots; strong breeze; large waves begin to form, white foam crests extensive

D. 34–40 knots; gale; moderately high waves of greater length

A. Gradual warming, improving visibility, then increasing swell

B. Prolonged steady rain, wind backs, then fog

C. Wind veers rapidly (often with a squall), heavy shower or thunderstorm, then rapid clearing and cooler, clearer conditions

D. A long period of calm before a sudden Force 8 gust

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