Base your answer on the diagram below, which shows the frontal boundary between mT and CP air masses. Nimbostratus Cirrus clouds clouds mT cP Surface City A City B Front at ground level If the front at ground level is moving toward city B. which type of weather front is shown? A) stationary front B) warm front C) occluded front D) cold front
Base your answer on the diagram below, which shows the frontal boundary between mT and CP air masses. Nimbostratus Cirrus clouds clouds mT cP Surface City A City B Front at ground level If the front at ground level is moving toward city B. which type of weather front is shown? A) stationary front B) warm front C) occluded front D) cold front
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Base your answer on the diagram below, which shows the frontal boundary between mT and
CP air masses.
Nimbostratus Cirrus
clouds
clouds
mT
cP
Surface
City A
City B
Front at ground level
If the front at ground level is moving toward city B. which type of weather front is shown?
A)
stationary front
B)
warm front
C)
occluded front
D)
cold front
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A weather front is a transition between two different air columns over the Earth's surface. Each air mass has unique characteristics. Turbulence occurs, causing storms when two opposite cloud fronts meet at a boundary.
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