During the occluded stage of a midlatitude cyclone,
A)the cold front overruns the slower moving warm front.
B)air begins to be uplifted along the cold front.
C)the cold front and warm front are clearly and distinctly separated from one another.
D)cyclogenesis begins.
E)very little precipitation occurs due to lack of uplift mechanisms.

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During the occluded stage of a midlatitude cyclone, the cold front overruns the slower moving warm front. This occurs when the surface low pressure system intensifies and the faster-moving cold front catches up to the slower-moving warm front. The warm air is lifted upward as it is pushed ahead of the cold air, causing precipitation to occur along the cold front.

During the Occluded Stage of a Midlatitude Cyclone