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Cold front
cool air moves under warm air & pushes it up weather: thunderstorms, rain, and snow
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Science
6th Grade
09/17/2014

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Term
Cold Front
Definition

Cool air moves under warm air & pushes it up

Weather: thunderstorms, rain, and snow

Term
Warm Front
Definition

Warm air moves over cold air & replaces it

Weather: drizzly rain, follwed by clear weather.

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Occluded Front
Definition

Warm air is trapped between 2 cold air masses, cold air pushes warm air up

Weather: cool temp. With large amounts of rain or snow

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Stationary Front
Definition

Cool air meets warm air, neither moves

Weather: cloudy wet weather

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