Synoptic charts Flashcards
What are the four types of fronts?
Warm fronts
Cold fronts
Stationary fronts
Occluded fronts
What is a warm front?
Where cold air is replaced by cold air
What is a cold front?
Where warm air is replaced by cold air
What is a stationary front?
a weather front between two air masses (cold and warm), when neither air mass is advancing into the other at a speed exceeding 5 knots at the ground surface.
What is an occluded front?
A warm air mass pushes into a colder air mass (the warm front), and then another cold air mass pushes into the warm air mass (the cold front).
What represents a warm front on a synoptic chart?
a red line and red semi-circles
What represents a cold front on synoptic charts?
a blue line and blue triangles
What represents an occluded front on synoptic charts?
A purple line with a purple semi-circle and triangle next to each other.
What clouds are associated with a warm front (4)?
- Nimbostratus
- Altostratus
- Cirrostratus
- Cirrus
What clouds are associated with a cold front?
