EES Meteorology - Fronts

An air mass has similar

• temperature and moisture

• cold and wind

• rain and temperature

• warm and dry

What happens when two air masses meet?

• a hurricane occurs

• a dog barks

• a front is created

• warm air enters

Which front does this show?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

What is the name this front?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

cold air pushes into warm air

• cold

• warm

• stationary

• occluded

Fast temperature drop with short-lived, heavier rain.

• cold

• warm

• stationary

• occluded

Warm air pushes into cold air

• cold

• warm

• stationary

• occluded

An approaching front stalls.

• Cold
• Warm
• Stationary
• Occluded

Warm air glides above a cold air mass

• cold
• warm
• stationary
• occluded

Temp warms, then cools. Significantly heavier rain due to the combination of two fronts.

• cold

• warm

• stationary

• occluded