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Weather Fronts
A weather front is the bound-ary
between two air masses.
When a front passes over an area,
temperature, wind speed, wind di-rections,
atmospheric pressure and
precipitation levels can change.
There are three types of fronts:
cold, warm and stationary.
A cold front is when cold air is
replacing warm air at the surface.
Cold fronts tend to move fast and
are associated with violent weather.
Cold fronts usually bring cooler
weather, clearing skies and a sharp
change in wind direction.
A warm front is when warm air
replaces cooler air at the surface.
Warm fronts tend to move slowly
and are likely to bring light to mod-erate
continuous rain.
Clear skies and humid air usually
follow warm fronts. photo taken from http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/
article revised September 2009
What is a cold front?
What is a warm front?
Cold front Warm front
• Cold air is replacing warm
air at the surface
• Fast moving
• Can cause severe weather
• Warm air is replacing cool
air at the surface
• Slow moving
• Can cause continuous rain
Sharp temperature changes over a relatively short distance can indicate
a front. To view temperature maps, go to http://agweather.mesonet.
org/. Choose “Weather”, then “Air Temperature”, and select “Cur-rent
Air Temperature”.
What you need to know about ...
Object Description
| Okla State Agency |
Climatological Survey, Oklahoma |
| Okla Agency Code | 'CLI' |
| Title | What you need to know about weather fronts |
| Authors | Oklahoma Mesonet. |
| Publisher | Oklahoma State University |
| Publication Date | 2009-09 |
| Publication type |
Fact Sheet |
| Subject | Fronts (Meteorology) |
| Purpose | A weather front is the boundary between two air masses. When a front passes over an area, temperature, wind speed, wind directions, atmospheric pressure and precipitation levels can change.; There are three types of fronts: cold, warm and stationary. |
| Notes | article revised September 2009 |
| OkDocs Class# | C2800.1 W362f 2009 |
| Digital Format | PDF, Adobe Reader required |
| ODL electronic copy | Downloaded from agency website: http://agweather.mesonet.org/info/weather_products/weather_fronts/weather_fronts.pdf |
| Rights and Permissions | This Oklahoma state government publication is provided for educational purposes under U.S. copyright law. Other usage requires permission of copyright holders. |
| Language | English |
| Date created | 2012-08-20 |
| Date modified | 2014-06-25 |
Description
| Title | weather_fronts 1 |
| Full text | Weather Fronts A weather front is the bound-ary between two air masses. When a front passes over an area, temperature, wind speed, wind di-rections, atmospheric pressure and precipitation levels can change. There are three types of fronts: cold, warm and stationary. A cold front is when cold air is replacing warm air at the surface. Cold fronts tend to move fast and are associated with violent weather. Cold fronts usually bring cooler weather, clearing skies and a sharp change in wind direction. A warm front is when warm air replaces cooler air at the surface. Warm fronts tend to move slowly and are likely to bring light to mod-erate continuous rain. Clear skies and humid air usually follow warm fronts. photo taken from http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/ article revised September 2009 What is a cold front? What is a warm front? Cold front Warm front • Cold air is replacing warm air at the surface • Fast moving • Can cause severe weather • Warm air is replacing cool air at the surface • Slow moving • Can cause continuous rain Sharp temperature changes over a relatively short distance can indicate a front. To view temperature maps, go to http://agweather.mesonet. org/. Choose “Weather”, then “Air Temperature”, and select “Cur-rent Air Temperature”. What you need to know about ... |
| Date created | 2012-08-20 |
| Date modified | 2012-08-20 |
