fronts
air mass
clouds
100
The meeting of a warm air mass and a cold air mass.
What is a front?
100
A big body of air.
What is an air mass?
100
a cloud that forms below 6,000 feet and usually looks gray and dark(sign of rain).
Where does stratus clouds form and what do they look like?
200
A warm air mass moves slowly over the cold air mass.
What is a warm front?
200
means that the air mass is maritime tropical.
What does mT mean?
200
a cloud that forms below 6,000 feet and usually have flat bottoms and tall tops.
where do cumulus clouds form and what do they look like?
300
A cold air mass moving into a warm air mass causing to push the warm air mass upward.
What is a cold front?
300
means that the air mass is continental polar.
What does cP mean?
300
a cloud that forms above 18,000 feet and looks like white fluffy lines in the sky(made of ice crystals).
where do cirrus clouds form and what do they look like?
400
A cold air mass pushing a warm air mass into another cold air mass causing it to rise.
What is occluded front?
400
means that the air mass is continental polar.
What does cA mean?
400
a cloud that forms below 6,000 feet and usually white or gray(chance of rain).
where do stratocumulus clouds form and what do they look like?
500
a cold air mass meets a warm air mass but does not move.
What is a stationary front?
500
means that the air mass is maritime polar.
What does mP mean?
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