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What are the long lines of thunderstorms in front of a moving cold front?
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What do you call a long line of thunderstorms along a cold front?
Squall Lines
Is thunderstorms caused by cold front and high pressure?
No Thunderstorms often form along cold fronts, but are generally associated with low pressure. However, a cold front is not necessary for thunderstorms to form.
What type of weather front brings thunderstorms?
Generally cold fronts bring thunderstorms.
Can thunderstorms form along a cold front?
yes
What is squall line?
It is a line of thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front.
What is the term for the long lines of thunderstorms that may form in the warm air ahead of a moving cold front?
I think it is called a - Squall Line - a solid or nearly solid line or band of active thunderstorms.
What do you call a long line of thunderstorms along a cold front?
Squall Lines
What kind of front is fast moving that often brings thunderstorms followed by clear skies?
Cold fronts.
Is thunderstorms caused by cold front and high pressure?
No Thunderstorms often form along cold fronts, but are generally associated with low pressure. However, a cold front is not necessary for thunderstorms to form.
What type of front is most likely to produce thunderstorms and tornadoes?
Cold fronts are most likely to produce thunderstorms and tornadoes.
What type of weather front brings thunderstorms?
Generally cold fronts bring thunderstorms.
Why are thunderstorms often assocciated with the arrival of a moving cold front?
The warm air mass carries warm moist air. The cold front brings cold, dense air. Because this cold air is denser, as it ploughs through the warm moist air it forces it upwards. This warm moist air being pushed up at speed is what causes cumulonimbus clouds to form along the cold front, and hence thunderstorms.
Can thunderstorms form along a cold front?
yes
What types of weather would usually follow a cold front?
Thunderstorms would usually follow a cold front because the warm air rises and condenses into clouds. As well as big thunderstorms, in the winter when you have a cold front, you have a giant snowfall.
What two air masses would most likely form a tornado when they meet?
A cold air mas moving into a warm air mass will create a cold front. It is along a cold front that the severe thunderstorms that can produce tornadoes most often form.
What conditions might cause these cold front thunderstorms to become severe?
a wave cyclone accompanying the cold front
A warm front is chased by a fast-moving cold front the result maybe A. tornado B. hurricane C. thunderstorm d.sunny day?
Cold fronts typically bring stormy weather, so thunderstorms are the most likely result.
