What Happens When a Warm Front Meets a Cold Front

What Happens When A Warm Front Meets A Cold Front?

When a warm air mass meets a cold air mass, the warm air rises since it is lighter. At high altitude it cools, and the water vapor it contains condenses. … This configuration, called a cold front, gives rise to cumulonimbus clouds, often associated with heavy precipitation and storms.

cumulonimbus

Cumulonimbus (from Latin cumulus, “heaped” and nimbus, “rainstorm”) is a dense, towering vertical cloud, forming from water vapor carried by powerful upward air currents. … These clouds are capable of producing lightning and other dangerous severe weather, such as tornadoes and hailstones.

What happens when a cold front and a warm front come together?

When a cold front overtakes a warm front, it creates what’s called an occluded front that forces warm air above a frontal boundary of cooler air masses.

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