0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What causes percipitation at fronts?
rising warm air
Why Does a tornado have a cold front or warm front?
Tornadoes are not always associated with fronts, but often are. Tornadoes are a product of thunderstorms. Thunderstorms develop when the atmosphere is unstable. In simple terms, that means that a blob of air, when lifted, will continue to rise on its own. But, something needs to give it that initial upward nudge. This is where the fronts come in. Along a cold front, cool air presses into warmer air. Since warm air is less dense, it is forced upward. A similar phenomenon occurs with a warm front, only with warm air pushing into cooler air. Additionally, wind patterns around fronts, especially cold fronts, are sometimes favorable for storms to become strong.
Is a warm front mass of warm air that moves into a region that has cooler air?
Jump to: navigation, searchApproaching weather fronts are often visible from the ground, but are not always as well defined as thisA weather front is a boundary separating two masses of air of different densities, and is the principal cause of meteorological phenomena. In surface weather analyses, fronts are depicted using various colored lines and symbols, depending on the type of front. The air masses separated by a front usually differ in temperature and humidity. Cold fronts may feature narrow bands of thunderstorms and severe weather, and may on occasion be preceded by squall lines or dry lines. Warm fronts are usually preceded by stratiform precipitation and fog. The weather usually clears quickly after a front's passage. Some fronts produce no precipitation and little cloudiness, although there is invariably a wind shift.[1]Cold fronts and occluded fronts generally move from west to east, while warm fronts move poleward. Because of the greater density of air in their wake, cold fronts and cold occlusions move faster than warm fronts and warm occlusions. Mountains and warm bodies of water can slow the movement of fronts.[2] When a front becomes stationary, and the density contrast across the frontal boundary vanishes, the front can degenerate into a line which separates regions of differing wind velocity, known as a shearline. This is most common over the open ocean.hope it helps!!!!
What kind of fronts are in a tornado?
There are not fronts in a tornado. However, the thunderstorms that produce tornadoes are most often found ahead of clod fronts. Dry lines are also common producers of tornadoes. Warm fronts and stationary fronts less often. Some tornadoes form from storms not associated with any fronts.
What 2 fronts can cause a tornado?
cold and warm fronts can cause a tornado
Are warm and cold fronts formed by the movement of different air masses?
true
Where do weather fronts occur?
in between or around or near air masss or where they meet.
How is a front formed?
A weather front typically forms when both warm and cool air meet. Both the difference in air temperature, as well as the density of the air, can cause a front. Warm fronts are more slow moving than cold fronts and usually produce precipitation. Fronts are depicted on weather maps with arrows showing where the front has come from and what direction the front is moving.
What is formed at a cold front?
What is formed? Well, cold fronts obviously produce colder temperatures. They cause cold air to move under warm air and then they push the warm air up. Cold fronts move very quickly and they bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, or snow. They produce colder temperatures because the air mass behind the cold front is cooler and drier than the air mass that it is replacing.
Is wind formed by air masses that meet?
Wind is the result of pressure differences. These pressure differences can arise in a number of ways, including at fronts, where air masses meet.
A clash between warm and cool air is called what?
A front. There are several kinds of fronts, depending upon the conditions in which the air clashes. Some are Warm fronts, Cold fronts, Occluded fronts, and Stationary fronts.
What do cold fronts and warm fronts do?
cold fronts is where the air is all condenced and when it is a warm front then it will push all of the cold air out of the atmosphere and it will probably be a storm
What are common fronts in North America?
Colliding air masses in North America can form 4 types of fronts: cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, and occluded fronts.
What happens when air masses meet fronts?
when two air masses meets at fronts,cyclonic rain occurs.
Are cold air masses lighter the warm air masses or the same?
cold fronts are heavier than warm fronts
What weather is formed when two air masses combine?
when 2 air masses combine the colder one is forced under the warmer one because of density differences. there are usually thunderstorms on fronts
Air masses are known as?
fronts
