U9 Meteorology II Vocab

Front that is formed when two adjacent air masses of different characteristics remain stationed in the same position

• Continental Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Station model

A boundary when two cold air masses collide, pinching out a warm air mass

• Occluded Front

• Maritime

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

Moist, wet air mass that forms over cold water

• warm front

• Cold front

• Maritime

• Continental

Leading edge of an air mass or where two air masses meet

• High pressure system

• front

• low pressure system

• cold front

Dry air mass that forms over the land

• Maritime

• Polar

• Cold Front

• Continental

Large body of air with the similar temperature, air pressure, and humidity

• station model

• air mass

• low pressure system

• Cold front

Boundary where an advancing cold air meets a warmer air mass, the underlying cold air pushes forward like a wedge

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• High Pressure system

• Low pressure system

Boundary where an advancing warmer air mass and a retreating wedge of cooler air mass meets. The warmer air which is less dense is forced to rise as it advances

• Cold Front

• Low Pressure system

• Maritime

• Warm front

Symbols and a circle which indicates temperature, air pressure, precipitation and other weather conditions in an area

• Station Model

• Front

• Air mass

• Stationary Front

Anticyclonic pressure system where the air pressure is highest in its center, sinking air at the center causes wind to blow outward

• High pressure system

• Low pressure system