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Weather Fronts

Teacher
Page

Science 6th Grade


Air Mass
• A large body
of air with
similar
temperature
and moisture.

• Air masses
form over
large land or
water masses.

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Frontal Boundaries

• Where air masses


interact – also
know as a front.

• 4 kinds of fronts:
– Cold front
– Warm front
– Occluded front
– Stationary front

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Cold Front
Back to
• A cold air mass activity
is replacing a
warmer air
mass.

• Shown on a
weather map
by a blue line
with triangles
pointing the
direction the
cool air is
moving.
Warm Front
Back to
activity
• Warm air mass
replacing a
cooler air mass.
• Shown on a
weather map
by a red line
with half circles
pointing the
direction the
warm air is
moving.

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Comparing Warm and Cold
Fronts
• Cold fronts move faster than warm fronts.
• The weather activity in a cold front is often
violent and happens directly at the front.

• Cold fronts have sudden gusty winds high in the


air creating turbulence.

• The weather activity in a warm front generally


happens before the front passes.

• In a warm front the cloud formation is very low


often creating situations
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of poor visibility.
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Occluded Fronts
• When a warm Back to
front is trapped activity
by 2 cold fronts.
• Shown on a
weather map by a
purple line with
alternating
triangles and
semicircles
pointing the
direction the front
is moving.
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Back to
Stationary Fronts activity

• A front that stops moving or is moving very slowly.


• Shown on a weather map with alternating red
semicircles pointing away from the warm air and
blue triangles pointing away from the cold air.

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Locate the 4 types of fronts on this
weather map.
Hint
1

Hint
2

Hint
3

Hint
4
Cold Fronts
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Occluded Front
Be a Weather Forecaster

You are planning


to travel to
Alabama in 2
days. The high
temperature
there for today
is 68º F.

Use the map to help you predict whether the temperature in


Alabama will increase, decrease, or stay the same. Explain why
you think so. Weather Fronts 15
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Be a Weather Forecaster

There is a cold front approaching. The


temperatures will probably be cooler
behind the front. 16
Be a Weather Forecaster
• Of course, meteorologists
(weather forecasters) use much
more data than fronts and air
masses to help them forecast
the weather more accurately.
But any forecast is just a
prediction of what might
happen. Even with the best
data, weather forecasts can be
wrong.

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