What is Cold Front?

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden drops in temperature, thunderstorms, and heavy rain as the colder air forces the warmer air upward.

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A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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