What is a front?

How many air masses meet to cause each kind of front?

2

Which kind of front causes very little change to the weather

A stationary front

After a warm front passes, what happens to the air temperature?

As the warm air rises, it cools & high cirrus clouds form. Long steady precipitation follows. Clearing & warm temperatures.

What usually happens after a cold front has come through?

Gusty winds, rain & cloudy skies & cold air move sin

What causes changes in the weather?

The movement of cold and warm air fronts

How does a cold front form?

When a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass.

How does a warm front form?

When warm air pushes over a cooler air mass

Name 3 kinds of fronts

cold, warm & stationary

stationary front

forms when 2 air masses meet and stay in one place for a while

warm front

forward edge of a warm air mass

Warm air moves more (slowly/quickly) than a cold front

slowly

cold front

the forward edge of a cold air mass

front

the surface between different air masses