Fronts
Atmospheric Hazards
NLI Weather Alumni
100
This kind of front brings cooler temperatures and sometimes chances of severe weather
Cold Front
100
This hazard is usually accompanied by a large clap of thunder afterward.
Lightning
100
Everybody's favorite Canadian! This NLI Weather alum graduated last spring and now works in Ontario.
Jay Lesyk
200
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This kind of front is characterized by an increase in temperatures and gentle, prolonged rainfall.
Warm Front
200
This U.S. state saw the most tornadoes in 2025.
Texas
200
This NLI Weather alum was Chief Weather Forecaster from 2023 to 2024 and now works with BAM Weather in the Indianapolis area.
Hope Kleitsch
300
Fronts are usually attached to a ___ pressure system.
Low
300
Hurricanes that form in the Northwest Pacific Ocean and affect East Asian countries are called this.
Typhoons
300
Graduating in 2024, this alum got a job at KOTA in Rapid City, South Dakota and is living the dream in the Great Plains.
Ryan Hill
400
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This kind of front a non-moving boundary between cold and warm air where neither has enough strength to displace the other.
Stationary Front
400
In the U.S., this hazard kills more people each year than tornadoes, hurricanes, and lightning.
Flood
400
This NLI Weather alum recently went national for appearing on the Pat McAfee show after having to interrupt NFL for severe weather coverage.
Adam Feick
500
This type of front is when a fast-moving cold front overtakes a slower warm front.
Occluded Front
500
Tornadoes are rated on the EF-Scale, and EF stands for this.
Enhanced Fujita
500
This alum graduated from Ball State in 2018, now works at FOX59 in Indianapolis and stops by campus occasionally.
Ethan Rosuck