1. Types of Fronts

2. 4 Types of Fronts
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Occluded Front

3. Cold Front
cold dense air displaces warm air and forces the warm up along a steep front
clouds, showers, and sometimes t-storms happen along this type of front

4. Warm Front advancing warm air displaces cold air
warm front has extensive cloudiness and precipitation

6. Stationary Front
sometimes 2 air masses meet and neither advance upon one another
when this occurs a front stalls
this happens because the temp and pressure differences between the fronts are small
seldom has extensive rain or clouds

7. Occluded Front
this is when a cold air mass is moving so rapidly it takes over a warm front
the cold air wedges the warm air upward
precipitation is common on both sides of this front