What are weather fronts and how are they formed?
A front is the leading edge of a moving mass of uniformly cool or warm air. Under stable conditions, a mass, or area, of air will take on common characteristics of temperature, humidity, and pressure. The mass then moves as a unit according to the general circulation patterns around the world. Different masses move at different
Related Questions
- Why the jet stream usually shown as extending throughout all of North America on weather maps, even though most of the time no fronts are depicted in the area?
- What causes jetstreams to form at weather fronts? How does the temperature gradient play a part?
- If a hurricane formed in the Arctic Ocean, would people blame global warming?
