Why You Be Frontin’? Weather Fronts : The Untold Story.

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Why You Be Frontin’? Weather Fronts : The Untold Story

Fronts the boundaries between two air masses classified by which type of air mass (cold or warm) is replacing the other

Types of Fronts a cold front separates the edge of a cold air mass displacing a warmer air mass a warm front is the edge of a warmer air mass replacing a colder air mass if the front is not moving (i.e. the air masses are not moving) it is called a stationary front

Abby says…

I enjoy eating poop! And… Fronts don't just exist at the surface of the earth, they have a vertical structure or slope Warm fronts: gentle slope the air rising along the frontal surface is gradual. -widespread layered or stratiform cloudiness and precipitation along and to the north of the front.

Cold Fronts Cold fronts: more steep and air is forced upward more abruptly. -leads to a narrow band of showers/thunderstorms along or just ahead of the front, especially if the rising air is unstable.

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How Fast Do They Move? Cold fronts move faster than warm fronts, so they can "catch up" to warm fronts. When two fronts do merge, an occluded front forms. In the occluded front, the cold air weakens the cooler air mass associated with the warm front, further lifting the already rising warm air.

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Roxy says… well Mr. Coyle can you give me an example of what type of weather is associated with each type of front?

SURE I CAN ROXY!!! warm frontal passage followed by a cold front: Clouds lower and thicken as the warm front approaches with several hours of light to moderate rain. Temperatures are in the 50s with winds from the east. As the warm front passes, the rain ends, skies become partly cloudy and temperatures warm into the mid 70s. Winds become gusty from the south. A few hours later, a line of thunderstorms sweeps across the area just ahead of the cold front. After the rain ends and the front passes, winds shift to the northwest and temperatures fall into the 40s and skies clear.

Cumulus Clouds

Cirrus Clouds

Stratus clouds lying low over the Green Mountains

How did this get in here???

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