Fronts

Fronts

A front is the boundary between two different air masses. When warm and cold air masses meet, they don’t mix well because of differences in temperature, pressure, and moisture. This creates weather changes like rain, storms, and wind. There are four main types of fronts: cold fronts, warm...

A front is the boundary where two air masses with different temperatures meet.

Most weather changes occur at fronts because the air masses don’t easily mix.

A cold front forms when a cold air mass pushes under a warm one, forcing it to rise.

As the warm air rises, it cools, and water vapor condenses into cloud...