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Colorado Cyclone and
Blizzard (2)
qAs a cyclone progress through its life cycle, warm air rising
east of the upper-front
and over the warm front becomes wrapped around the northwest side of the low-pressure center, producing
a band of clouds and precipitation around the northwest side of the cyclone.
qCondense
snow crystals fall into the arctic air below .
Surface
Map
qAs the cyclone progresses northeastward and intensified, extremely strong pressure gradient develops on the northwestern side of the cyclone.
qThese pressure gradients drive the bitterly cold air southward west of the cyclone center, creating the strong, cold winds of blizzard.