When warm and cold air masses collide, the warm air is forced upward. Why does this occur?
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ANSWER: When warm and cold air masses come together, the cold, dense air wedges under the warm air, forcing the warm air upward, much like a snow shovel forces snow upward as the shovel glides through the snow.??
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