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With the aid of a well-labelled diagram, describe the formation of cyclonic rainfall.

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- It occurs along the temperature front.
- It is the meeting point of cold, heavy dry polar easterlies and warm, light and moist north/south westerlies.
- The meeting of the air masses forms a front.
- When the two air masses meet along the front, the warm lighter westerly, windsrises over the cold polar air.
- Since it is moist, the air condenses forming clouds.
- The clouds become heavy enough, eventually falling as rain through the cold air.
- This is cyclonic/frontal rainfall.

marto answered the question on September 26, 2019 at 08:05

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