Multiple Choice
Midwestern farmers used to say "mare's tail and mackerel scales bring the storm down on you head"; Mare's tails are cirrus clouds and mackerel scales are cirrostratus.When this sequence is followed by altostratus the old farmers were talking about an approaching ________ front.
A) warm
B) cold
C) warm or cold
D) none of these
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