How do interacting masses of warm and cool air generate weather patterns?
What will be an ideal response?
Most changes in weather occur when air masses with different physical properties meet. The boundary between two air masses is called a front. The air behind a warm front rises over a cold air mass and then gradually cools and condenses, forming clouds that may descend and produce rain. A cold front is the boundary along which a cold air mass displaces a warm air mass. The cold air, being denser than the warm air, tends to wedge beneath the warm air, pushing the warm air upward where it cools and expands to form clouds, which have the potential to produce thunderstorms. Once a cold front passes through, however, the sky usually clears, and the temperature and humidity drop.
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