PPT-Fronts Any boundary between

2 different air masses Generally means a change in weather Four Types cold warm s t a t i o n a r y and o c c l u d e d Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front. and fronts. Review of last lecture. Tropical cyclone structure: 3 major components, rotation direction of inflow and outflow, location of maximum wind and rainfall, 3 feedbacks. Tropical cyclone destruction: 4 reasons? Which side has the most intense destruction? . Dr. . Hooda. . What is an air mass?. A large body of air having nearly uniform conditions of temperature and humidity at any given altitude.. Warm air. forms over . tropical. regions near the equator. . Knowing where to . draw the line.. . April . 4-5, . 2014-norman, ok. Judith K. Adams, Ph.D., LMFT, LADC. OKLAHOMA DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION. B. BOUNDARY . CROSSINGS & . AOS 101 Weather and Climate. Lisha. M. . Roubert. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences. Fronts: The Boundaries between Air Masses. A front is defined as the transition zone between two air masses of different density. . Front: a boundary between 2 air masses. Warm air and cold air do not mix well.. Changes in weather occur along fronts.. 4 Types of fronts:. Cold Front. Warm front. Stationary front. Occluded front. 1. Cold Front. 8. th. Grade. Definition. Weather front – The area where two air masses meet and do not mix.. Front and Weather. Different types of fronts produce different patterns of weather. . There are four types of weather fronts:. “Whirlwind Theory”. Rotation. Coriolis. Espy. Convergence into Low. PGF. 1841. Loomis. Rotation AND Convergence. 1860. Early Maritime Observations (Winds). http://m.nautil.us/issue/25/water/the-dueling-weathermen-of-the-1800s. Lab. Fronts!. Fronts!. What are fronts?. A narrow transition zone, or boundary, between differing synoptic scale air masses whose primary discontinuity is density. Fronts highlight . baroclinic. zones, where temperature advection and atmospheric energy is at work. Warm Air Front. Warm Air Front. Warm air replaces cold air. w. arm air mass=higher temperature=lesser density. Rainfall increases as the . front approaches. Characteristics. Weather phenomenon. Prior to the Passing of the Front. We will go over how to upload your file into canvas together.. Wanted Poster Requirements. You are making two posters.. The name and a picture of the Pressure Systems.. The way they circulate . (clockwise or counterclockwise). . 1. An air mass is a wide-spread section of the troposphere with uniform . temperature . and . humidity . (moisture). 2. The source region is the geographic location the air mass developed over. . If air settles over one location for a long time, it develops the characteristic temperature and moisture of the area.. © U.S. Coast Guard . Auxiliary Association. No attempts to add, modify or delete information contained within this document shall be made. If errors are discovered, please contact the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary’s National Training . Lisha. M. . Roubert. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences. Fronts: The Boundaries between Air Masses. A front is defined as the transition zone between two air masses of different density. . Fronts occur in the boundary zone between polar and tropical air masses.. World War I Aerial Photograph. trenches. trenches. “No man’s land”. Ben Franklin’s Storm. (Nov. 2, 1743). Philadelphia.