Answer: are formed when a large mass of warm air takes over the cooler air mass. it
will cause thick clouds and rain that my last up to 2 days.
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A warm front is a boundary of air that brings warmer temperatures and a change in wind direction and air pressure. Clouds and precipitation develop ahead of a warm front while clear skies and warmer temperatures can be felt after the warm front moves through.
warm front. n. (Physical Geography) meteorol the boundary between a warm air mass and the cold air above which it is rising at a less steep angle than at the cold front. Compare cold front occluded front.
A warm front forms when a warm air mass pushes into a cooler air mass shown in the image to the right (A). Warm fronts often bring stormy weather as the warm air mass at the surface rises above the cool air mass making clouds and storms.
A warm front is a leading edge of a warmer air mass that is advancing into a cooler air mass. Warm fronts usually have stratus and cirrus clouds but sometimes they also have cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds. Before the warm front passes there can be rain or snow. While it is passing there is often light rain or drizzle .
If the warm air is advancing and replacing cold air ahead the front is a warm front. If a front is not moving it is a stationary front. Cold fronts are indicated on weather maps by pointed cusps and warm fronts by semicircles on the side toward which they are moving. A stationa...