Air Masses
Cold & Warm Fronts
Stationary & Occluded Fronts
Mixed Bag
FUN FACTS
100

What are the three main factors that determine weather in an air mass?

Moisture content, the cooling process, and the stability of the air.

100

What is a cold front?

The part of a frontal system where cold air is advancing.

100

What is a stationary front?

A front where the colder air is neither advancing nor retreating.

100

True or False: Warm air is denser than cold air.

False — cold air is denser than warm air.

100

What officer is in charge of supply

Capt. Tessier

200

What type of clouds and visibility are common in stable air?

Stratus clouds and poor visibility.

200

What is the typical weather at a slow-moving cold front?

Stratus or altocumulus clouds with light or no precipitation.

200

What kind of weather does a stationary front usually bring?

Low clouds and continuous rain or drizzle (similar to a warm front, but less intense and shorter).

200

What is the name of the low-pressure area that can form on a stationary front?

A depression (a small low-pressure system).

200

What is WO2 Ola's first name?

Inioluwa

300

Describe the moisture content in continental air masses.

They are very dry, and few clouds develop.

300

What might develop ahead of a fast-moving cold front?

When a cold front overtakes a warm front on a stationary front.

300

What causes an occluded front to form?

When a cold front overtakes a warm front on a stationary front.

300

Describe visibility and turbulence in a warm air mass.

Poor visibility and smooth air.

300

Who's the 2IC for our flag party

Fsgt.Kushwaha

400

Name one process that causes air to cool enough for condensation.

Contact with a surface cooling by radiation, advection over a colder surface, or expansion by lifting.

400

What is a warm front and what type of precipitation can it bring in winter?

Warm occlusion: cool air advances on cold air. Cold occlusion: cold air advances on cool air.

400

What’s the difference between a warm occlusion and a cold occlusion?

Warm occlusion: cool air advances on cold air. Cold occlusion: cold air advances on cool air.

400

Why do aviation cadets need to learn about air masses and fronts?

Because it helps understand weather changes — important for flight safety and instruction.

400

How many seniors are in this squadron (on paper)

37

500

List all characteristics of a cold air mass.

Instability, turbulence, good visibility, cumuliform clouds, and showers/hail/thunderstorms.

500

What cloud types appear in order during a warm front?

Cirrus → cirrostratus → altostratus → nimbostratus → stratus.

500

What is a trowal, and in what type of front is it found?

A trowal is a wedge-shaped warm air mass aloft, found in occluded fronts (both warm and cold occlusions).

500

Explain what happens to warm and cold air when they meet at a front.

Cold air sinks and undercuts the warm air, forcing it to rise over the cold air.

500

How many cadet summer training courses has WO2 Thondapu completed (include CAP training if done)

4