Fronts Flashcards
Cold front clouds
Cirriform, star
Cold front speed
25-30 mph
What is happening in a Cold front
Acts like a snow plow, pushing war, air in front up
Stationary front weather
Mix of warm and cold front weather
Warm front clouds
Cirriform, stratiform clouds, fog
Warm front weather
Light to mod rain
Warm front speed
10-25 mph
What is happening in a occluded front
Cold front catching up to a warm fromt
What is a cold occluded
Cold air colder than the advancing front in front of the warm air. Warm air being shoved upwards
Cold occluded weather
Mixture of cold front and warm front weather
What is warm occluded
Cold air warmer than the advancing front in front of the warm air. Cold front rides up and over warm front.
Warm occluded weather
Embedded thunderstorms, rain, fog