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Weather Fronts• Warm Front• Cold Front• Stationary Front• Occluded Front

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WARM FRONT SYMBOL

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WARM FRONT

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WARM FRONT

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WARM FRONT

                     

                                                                                                                                                                

 

WA

RM

FR

ON

TC

OLD

FR

ON

T

Short, usually intense storms - (thunderstorms,

squalls, tornadoes)

They usually pass fairly quickly.

Bring a steady drizzle, light

rain; a low cloud base, and

possibly fog.

They may take a day or two to

pass.

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COLD FRONT SYMBOL

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COLD FRONT

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COLD FRONT

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Stationary Front

The differences in their temperatures and pressures have almost equalized.

Result - usually little wind but a long period of rain

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Stationary Front

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OCCLUDED FRONT SYMBOL

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OCCLUDED FRONT

The cold front contributes high winds and unsettled conditions; the warm front contributes steady heavy rain

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OCCLUDED FRONT

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HIGH PRESSURE AREA

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LOW PRESSURE AREA

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Links

• Weather animations for WARM and COLD Fronts– http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es200

2/es2002page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization


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