Practice question
During the approach and passage of a frontal depression (sistema frontal) from the South Pacific into central/southern Chile, how do the barometric pressure and coastal wind direction typically evolve?
- Ahead of the front: pressure drops rapidly with winds from North to Northwest (N-NW); As the cold front passes: pressure reaches minimum and begins to rise rapidly with winds shifting (backing) sharply to West-Southwest (W-SW)
- Pressure rises continuously with steady winds from the East throughout the entire passage
- Winds remain calm while barometric pressure stays perfectly steady at 1040 hPa
- Winds blow from the South before the front and shift to East after the front
Answer: A — Ahead of the front: pressure drops rapidly with winds from North to Northwest (N-NW); As the cold front passes: pressure reaches minimum and begins to rise rapidly with winds shifting (backing) sharply to West-Southwest (W-SW)
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