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When a warm or cold front stops moving, it becomes a stationary front. Once this boundary resumes its forward motion, it once again becomes a warm front or cold front.

Stationary fronts may bring several days of clouds and precipitation as air is constantly forced to rise, and multiple low pressure systems can move over the frontal boundary bringing with it rain, snow, and potentially wind.

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