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What exactly is a front?
A front can be defined as the boundary between different air masses. So let’s look at a cold air mass first, for example. Along the leading edge of the cold air, mass is where we will find a cold front, aka the front of the air mass. With a warm air mass, a warm front develops along the leading edge.
What are four types of fronts?
There are four basic types of fronts, and the weather associated with them varies.
- Cold Front. A cold front is the leading edge of a colder air mass.
- Warm Front. Warm fronts tend to move slower than cold fronts and are the leading edge of warm air moving northward.
- Stationary Front.
- Occluded Front.
What is a front the boundary?
Fronts are boundaries between air masses. Depending on the air masses involved and which way the fronts move, fronts can be either warm, cold, stationary, or occluded. In the case of a warm front, the warm, less dense air rises up and over the colder air ahead of the front.
How do fronts formed?
A warm air mass pushes into a colder air mass (the warm front), and then another cold air mass pushes into the warm air mass (the cold front). The warm air rises as these air masses come together. Occluded fronts usually form around areas of low atmospheric pressure.
What is front in geography Upsc?
Front is a three dimensional boundary zone formed between two converging air masses with different physical properties (temperature, humidity, density etc.).
What type of speech is front?
noun
front
| part of speech: | noun |
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| definition: | of, related to, or located in the front. synonyms: anterior, foremost, forward, frontal antonyms: back, last, rear similar words: headmost, leading, right |
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| part of speech: | transitive verb |
| inflections: | fronts, fronting, fronted |
What is front weather?
Weather fronts mark the boundary between two different air masses, which often have contrasting properties. For example, one air mass may be cold and dry and the other air mass may be relatively warm and moist. These differences produce a reaction (often a band of rain) in a zone known as a front.