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Las lluvias frontales son:Frontal rains are defined as those:
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Correct answer: b) Produced by the meeting and contrast between a warm moist air mass and a cold dry air mass.
Why it is correct
Frontal rains occur along fronts where a warm moist air mass meets a cold dry air mass, forcing the lighter warm air to rise over the cold wedge.
Why the others are not
- a) Describes wind driven by pressure gradient, not frontal rain.
- c) Those are convective rains.
- d) Those are orographic (relief) rains.
How to work it out in the exam
- Frontal rain = clash of warm moist air with cold dry air.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2020 · Convocatoria de diciembre · CY Test 1 · question 27 Official paper · Official answer key
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