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Types of Fronts
Cold Front
NAME
CHARACTERISTICS Cold, dense air
Warm Front
Warm air
displaced cold air
Stationary Front
Front that stalls
moving very slowly
or not at all
Occluded Front
Cold front
overtakes a warm
front and wedges
warm air upwards
WEATHER
Cloudy,
precipitation
Warm and humid
Warmer, much
more humid
Red line red semicircles(cold)curved
toward the cooler
air
Light precipitation
Rain on both sides
of the front
Warmer
Cooler
Alternating blue
triangles to warmer
and red semi circles
to colder air masses
Alternating purple
triangles to purple
semi circles
TEMPERATURE
SYMBOL
IMAGE
displaces warm air
Warm air rises,
cools and
condenses
Clouds, showers,
thunder storms
Cold, temperature
dropping
Blue line, blue
triangles (warm)
point in the
direction of the
Warm air