image: A visible satellite image on Wednesday, May 12 at 13:10 UTC (9:10 a.m. EDT) from NASA's Aqua satellite's moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer instrument captured the Eyjafjallajokull ...
Whenever there is an expected change in weather, you will often hear that a frontal passage is predicted to arrive soon. In general terms, there are four major types of frontal passages: cold front, ...
When discussing the forecast, we show maps that track approaching weather system and their fronts. Let’s dive into what these symbols represent. Fronts are lines on weather maps that represent the ...
When you see a meteorologist do the nightly forecast, you often see the red and blue lines on the weather maps. Those are fronts -- but what are fronts, exactly? Watch the video above as Meteorologist ...
We hear it all the time from meteorologists. “A cold front will move in and bring storms,” or “a warm front is heading our way with light rain.” But why do we expect certain weather conditions with ...
On this week's Weather Wonders episode, Jack asked, "Why do we have different weather changes?". To answer this question, we have to look at high and low pressure systems, as well as, warm and cold ...
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What are weather fronts?

Weather fronts mark the boundary between different air masses and are often responsible for the cloud, rain, and temperature changes we see from day to day. Air masses are large bodies of air with ...