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Q: What type of front forms when a colder air mass moves toward a warmer air mass?
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A wave front has the form of a what?

A wave front is an imaginary surface corresponding to the points of a wave that vibrate in unison. The can be of three types namely spherical, cylindrical or plane.


Is a cold front part of a thunderstorm?

No. A cold front is weather feature that develops when a large cool air mass pushes into a warmer one. Many thunderstorms in the temperate latitudes develop along or just ahead of cold fronts, but not all. Conversely, many cold fronts, especially in the winter, do not cause thunderstorms.


Why does a porous canvas bag with water cool when slung on the outside of a fast-moving car in hot weather?

Evaporation is a cooling process. The water molecules that escape the surface of the bag were those that were fast moving. If you remove the fast moving molecules, the ones left behind are slower and, thereby, colder. The faster you remove them the colder the aggregate becomes. Hanging the bag on the front of a fast moving car is a good way to remove them quickly.


What does cold air do when forming a tornado?

Cold air is not a necessary ingredient in forming tornadoes, but it often plays a role. One of the most common places to find a tornado is ahead of a cold front. A cold front is a boundary where a cool air mass pushes into and replaces a warmer one. Since warm air is less dense than cold air, the warm air mass gets force upwards. If there is enough instability in this air mass, the lift can trigger thunderstorms ahead of the front. Given the right conditions these thunderstorms can start rotating and produce tornadoes.


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.

Related questions

If a cold front passes over you does it get warmer or colder?

colder


What type of front occurred between 41 degrees Fahrenheit and 34 degrees Fahrenheit?

The type of front that occurred between 41 degrees F and 34 degrees F depends on the direction of the front. If the front is headed toward warmer air with colder air behind it, it is a cold front. If the front is headed toward colder air with warmer air behind it, it is a warm front. If the front is just sitting there, it is a stationary front. The temperature does not matter.


What is a warm front and a cold front called?

warmer than a cold front and colder than a cold front


What is a front when warmer air is replacing colder air?

A front where warmer air is replacing colder air is called a warm front. Warm fronts typically bring gentler weather conditions, such as a gradual increase in temperature, light rain or drizzle, and overcast skies.


Does a warm front have warmer air move against cooler air?

Exactly. the colder air is lifted up over the wedge of warmer air at an angle.


What happens under a cold front?

A front is an area of unsettled weather. In front of a cold front is warmer air. Behind a cold front is colder air. As the colder air meets the warmer air, the cold air rides over the warmer air and causes condensation. Rain happens. Since conditions are unsettled, winds blow. The warm air fights back. Sometimes tornadoes form. The cold front either wins and goes forward or collapses.


What is the boundary that forms where warm air mass into pushes a colder air mass called?

warm front


Where do warm fronts form?

Warm front form when air mass approaches a colder air mas. The warmer air lifts up and over the colder air.The first signs of the warm front are the cirrus clouds, followed by the cirrostratus, altostratus,and types of clouds.


What Form where cold air moves toward warm air?

A warm front forms.


Would you expect a warmer or colder temperatures after a warm front passes?

When a warm front passes it leaves behind hotter tempatures and more humidity, it is replacing the cold air with warm air basically.


What forms where warm air moves toward cold air?

A warm front forms.


How is fog related to the water cycle?

Fog is actually a low lying cloud, usually forms in the morning when the cold front is meeting with the warmer front *usually the sun*.