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Understanding Weather Fronts and Air Masses

Fronts are boundaries between different air masses. There are four main types of fronts: cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, and occluded fronts. Cold fronts move quickly and bring rain or thunderstorms, while warm fronts move slowly and bring prolonged precipitation. Stationary fronts occur when warm and cold air masses meet but neither can push the other out, resulting in multiple days of variable weather. An occluded front is formed when a warm air mass gets trapped between two advancing cold fronts.

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Understanding Weather Fronts and Air Masses

Fronts are boundaries between different air masses. There are four main types of fronts: cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, and occluded fronts. Cold fronts move quickly and bring rain or thunderstorms, while warm fronts move slowly and bring prolonged precipitation. Stationary fronts occur when warm and cold air masses meet but neither can push the other out, resulting in multiple days of variable weather. An occluded front is formed when a warm air mass gets trapped between two advancing cold fronts.

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Fronts:

The Earth has 4 major _________ _____________, two ____________ ones and two
______________ ones. When those air masses _____________ into each other,
the place where they meet is called a ___________________.
Fronts are responsible for all kinds of _________________, like ___________ and
______________.
A front is a __________________ created when two _________________
_________________ meet. Fronts are named for the air mass that is
_____________________.
Cold Front:
Cold, _____________ air moves in and ____________ warm air out of the way
Cold fronts ________________ very quickly and bring ______________ periods of
rain/_______________
_________________ temperatures are _________________ the front
Symbol- the ___________________ of the arrows points ____________ the

direction the front is ________________


Warm Front:
Warm air moves up the cold front as it slowly ______________ and
________________ the cold air
Warm fronts move ________________, and bring many days of
___________________ precipitation
____________________ temperatures are behind the front
Symbol- direction of _________________ _________________ is the direction the
front is moving

Stationary Front:

Created when _____________ and _____________ masses meet but neither one
has enough ____________ to move the other out of the way
The _______________ ________________ in the warm air ___________________ into
rain, fog, snow, and _____________________.
Can bring many days of _______________________.

Occluded Front:
Is created when a _______________ air mass is caught between two
________________ air masses
The two ________________ cooler air masses cut off the _______________ air
mass from the ground
As the warm air mass ________________, it may turn cloudy, _______________, or
_______________.

On the map above, draw two cold fronts, two warm fronts, and a stationary
front, using the correct colors.
Describe the weather that will occur as each front moves into an area:
Cold front:
Warm front:
Stationary front:

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