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Title: DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE
Caption: (c) A surface low-pressure center develops as cold air pushes south on the west side and warm air pushes north on the east side of the cyclone. (After Lutgens, F. K., and Tarbuck, E. J. 2007. The atmosphere; An introduction to meteorology, 10th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall)
Keywords: atmosphere, midlatitude cyclones, middle-latitude cyclones, air masses, cyclogenesis, warm fronts, cold fronts, occluded fronts