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Describe the formation of fronts and the weather changes associated with them.
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Form 6B 25/11/04 Geography Assignment #1 Describe the formation of fronts and the weather changes associated with them. A front is a zone of transition formed between converging air masses. The front forms because the air masses cannot mix intimately, in order to form a uniform parcel of air. This inability to do so is caused by differences in the physical conditions of the air masses involved. Fronts are usually formed when one of the air masses is warm, while the other is cold or when one of the air masses is moist and the other is dry. Also, when air parcels have different densities, it is not possible for them to combine. There are four main types of fronts: cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts and occluded fronts. These fronts are formed by different processes and so differ in properties/ characteristics. A cold front is formed when a cold air mass...
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