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What is a warm air mass advancing under a cold air mass called?
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∙ 11y ago
a cold front.
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∙ 11y ago
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Is the boundary between 2 air masses called a front?
Fronts in meteorology are the leading edges of air masses with different density.
When a warm air mass moves into an area where a cold air mass is located it is called?
it is called a cold front
Air mass that forms over a cold region is called?
Air masses that are cold and forms over polar regions is polar. A cold front occurs when a cold air mass meets and displaces a warm air mass. A front that forms when a warm air mass is trapped between cold air masses and forced to rise is called a occluded front.
When a cold air mass moves into a region occupied by a warm air mass the contact zone is called?
The contact zone is called a cold front.
What is it called when a cold air mass moves into an area where a warm air mass is located?
It would be a cold-front
What is the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air?
It is called a "cold front. It is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air that is replacing a warmer mass of air at ground level.
What is warm fronts and cold fronts?
A cold front is a zone where cold air mass is advancing to replace warmer air; usually moves west to east in North America. A warm front is a zone where warm air mass is advancing to replace cold air; usually moves more slowly then a cold air mass.
What type of weather front forms when a cold air mass pushes a warm air mass?
If the cold air is advancing, that makes it a cold front.
Does a warm front form when a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass?
No. The warm air mass always rises above the cold air mass. And if the cold air is advancing, that makes it a cold front.
When precipitation occurs out ahead of an advancing front it is typically this type of front?
This is typically a cold front. As the cold air mass moves under the warm air mass, it pushes the warm air upwards, where it condensates and creates precipitation.
What is a hot front and a cold front?
a cold front is a boundry of advancing mass of colled air a warm front is the oppposite its a mass of warm air
When a cold air mass moves into an area where a cold air mass is located it is called?
it is called a cold front
Is the boundary between 2 air masses called a front?
Fronts in meteorology are the leading edges of air masses with different density.
When a warm air mass moves into an area where a cold mass is located it is called?
it is called a cold front
What happen in a cold front?
A cold air mass comes in under a warm air mass.
What forms when a cold air mass moves under a warm air mass?
a cold front
When a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass its called a?
Cold
