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📘 How a cold front moves

Follow dense air, lifting, clouds, pressure, wind shifts, and storms across a cold-front passage.

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~10 min
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🔬 Science
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Adults
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What you’ll learn

  1. Air masses
  2. Lifting
  3. Pressure gradient
  4. Cloud band
  5. Wind shift
  6. Temperature drop
  7. Storms
  8. Dry slot
  9. Occlusion
  10. Forecasting

Questions this course answers

What is a cold front?

Cold air wedges beneath and replaces warmer air.

What often marks a frontal passage at the surface?

The new air mass changes wind and temperature patterns.

Does every cold front produce severe storms?

The front is one ingredient in a larger atmospheric setup.

What is an occluded front?

The warm air is lifted off the ground as the fronts merge.

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