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important weather content from lab 15 (cold front (cold fronts have spiky…
important weather content from lab 15
cold front
cold fronts are when warm air and cold air meet, then the warm air turns cold.
in a cold frront, the air moves much faster than the warm air.
cold fronts have spiky things for tracking
they can cause thunderstorms
warm fronts
warm fronts move slower than cold fronts
warm fronts have rounded things for tracking
a stationary front is a weather transition between two air masses
polar
Continental polar or continental arctic air masses are cold, dry, and stable
types of air masses
artic
continental
Continental air mass, vast body of air that forms over the interior of a continent, excluding mountain areas.
types of fronts
cold front
warm front
A cold front is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air, replacing at ground level a warmer mass of air, which lies within a fairly sharp surface trough of low pressure.
A warm front is a density discontinuity located at the leading edge of warm air masses
stationary front