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Weather Fronts Vocab
Weather Fronts Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What type of weather happens while a warm front moves through? | There is gentle rain or light snow while this front moves through |
| What type of weather is present after a warm front moves through? | There is warmer, humid weather after this front moves through |
| What type of weather happens while a cold front moves through? | There are thunderstorms while this front moves through |
| What type of weather is present after a cold front moves through? | there is cool, dry, fair weather after this front moves through |
| What type of weather happens while a stationary front moves through? | There are many days of fog, clouds, and precipitation while this front moves through |
| What weather does an occluded front bring? | Temperatures vary with this front. It can bring several days of clouds and precipitations followed by clear dry weather. |
| How does a stationary front form? | A warm and cold air mass meet and neither one has the force to move the other |
| How does an occluded front form? | A cold front catches up to a warm front |
| How does a warm front form? | A warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass |
| How does a cold front form? | A fast moving cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, forcing the warm air to quickly rise |
| What is an air mass? | A large volume of air with similar characteristics of temperature, air pressure, and humidity. |
| What is a front? | The area where two air masses collide. |
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