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As warm air is lifted over advancing cold air, itself cooled as its pushed away from gravity's pull at the Earth's surface, the water will begin to condense into clouds and precipitation will form, usually of the "showers and thunderstorms" variety.

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when an air mass passes over a cold front, if its warm the cold air front will subduct beneath the warm front...

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What happens when warm air masses meet cold air masses?

A warm front forms.


What type of front happens when warm or cold air masses do not move?

Stationary front.


When cold air masses push against warm air masses what is formed?

A cold front.


What happens when cool air masses invade warm air masses?

This is due to the Cold Front because cooler, denser air wedges underneath the less-dense warm air.


What happens in cold and warm air masses?

what happens in cold and warm masses pressure


Is it true the border between 2 air masses may be either cold or warm fronts?

Yes. If a warm air mass moves into a cold air mass it creates a warm front. When the opposite happens it forms a cold front.


When a cold air masses replaces a warm air mass its called a front?

Cold


What happens when a cold air masses meet a warm air masses?

The point where these two air masses meet is called a front.If cold air advances and pushes away the warm air, it forms a cold front.When warm air advances, it rides up over the denser, cold air mass to form a warm front.If neither air mass advances, it forms a stationary front.


What is the boundary cold and warm air masses?

Front


When 2 air masses meet what happens?

The boundary between two air masses is called a front. A warm front develops when a warm air mass pushes against a cold air mass. Rain usually occurs in a warm front and if temperature is low enough, snow falls.


What happens at the boundary between 2 air masses?

A front forms when 2 air masses meet.


Why does front form?

warm and cold air masses meet