GEOG 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Occluded Front, Warm Front, Dew Point
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Geog 111 - lectures eleven and twelve - 9/26 + 9/28. Convection lifting often seen over florida, orographic in the western us such as. On leeward side, rainshadow, dry, hot, wildfires. On windward side, wet, lush, very green almost tropical. Cold fronts is advancing cold dense air moving at a rapid pace, essentially acts like a snowplow for warmer less dense air in front of it, pushing it up. Warm front a warm less dense air moves up and over cold air. Front is a point on earth"s surface where different air masses come in contact. Cirrus clouds are often present before a cold front arrives due to rising air. Cumulonimbus clouds occur behind a front, the severe weather the front brings. Squall line, a long linear band of advancing storms on the edge of a cold front. Nimbostratus clouds associated with a warm front.
