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When colder air advances toward warm air. The cold air wedges under the warm air like a plow. As the warm is lifted it cools and water vapor condenses forming clouds
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoCold air moving under warm air, causing the warm air to go upward while the cold air sinks
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What are the general atmospheric conditions behind a cold front?
The air behind a cold front is cool and dry.
Which type of front usually causes the most violent weather?
A cold front usually causes the most violent weather
What causes a vortex to form?
when a cold air front meets a warm air front
What is the process that causes rain to change to snow?
a cold front
What are the four types of fronts?
Cold Front-When a fast moving cold air mass runs into a slowly moving warm air mass Warm Front-A fast moving warm air mass collides with a slow moving cold air mass Stationary Front-When a cold and a warm air mass meet, but neither one has enough force to move the other Occluded Front-When a warm air was is caught between two cold air masses
What are the general atmospheric conditions behind a cold front?
The air behind a cold front is cool and dry.
What atmospheric conditions cause cold fronts?
The air behind a cold front is cool and dry.
What can be expected to occur to the atmospheric pressure prior to the passage of a cold front and after the cold front passes?
The pressure is lowest as the front passes. In fact, that is how you can identify a cold front on a map with no other information.
Which front causes cumulonimbus clouds?
A cold front
What is the condition called of soldiers exposed to wet and cold conditions?
I have been called "atmospheric".
What front causes a blizzard?
Cold
What front causes cold dry air?
A cold front because a warm front would be hot and humid
When cold air moves into an area the atmospheric pressure is?
When cold air moves into an area, the atmospheric pressure is high because cold air is denser than warm air. When a cold front moves through an area, the pressure always rises.
In regards to weather what does a cold front mean?
A cold front means the leading of a cold atmospheric air mas moving against and taking over a warm air mass, creating a cold front. The cold air replaces the warm air due to the cold air having a higher density then the warm air.
Which type of front usually causes the most violent weather?
A cold front usually causes the most violent weather
What causes a vortex to form?
when a cold air front meets a warm air front
What is the process that causes rain to change to snow?
a cold front
