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HudsonKB16 · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Describe a stationary front and an occluded front.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Air masses are identified by a pair of letters, one lowercase and one uppercase. The uppercase letter (P, A, or T) refers to:

A) the elevation of the air mass source region.
B) average air pressure within the air mass.
C) the approximate latitude of the air mass source region.
D) the humidity levels within the air mass.

frre432 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 14, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A stationary front occurs where the flow on both sides of a front is neither toward the warm air mass nor the cold air mass but, instead, is nearly parallel to the line of the front. An occluded front occurs when an active cold front overtakes a warm front. Complex weather results from this occurrence.

Answer to Question 2

C