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NAME: NEKELLE DE COTEAU
SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY
CLASS: 6B
TEACHER: MS. MOORE
TOPIC: WEATHER SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONTS
SCHOOL: SIGNAL HILL SECONDARY SCHOOL
WEATHER SYSTEMS ASSOCITED
WITH COLD FRONTS
WHAT IS A COLD FRONT?
ACCORDING TO THE LONGMAN GEOGRAPHY FOR CSEC: A COLD FRONT IA AN AREA WHERE TWO AIR MASSES OF DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE CONVERGE.
ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHY AN INTERGRATED APPROACH: WHEN TWO AIR MASSES MEET, THEY DO NOT MIX READILY, DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY.
FRONTS OCCUR WHEN TWO AIR MASSES WITH DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES AND DENSITIES MEET. COLD AIR UNDERCUTS THE WARM AIR. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN AIR MASSES RESULTS IN THE FORMATION OF DEPRESSIONS AND ANTICYCLONES.
THERE ARE VARIOUS TYPES OF FRONT
WARM FRONT IS FOUND WHERE WARM AIR IS ADVANCING AND BEING FORCED TO OVERRIDE COLD AIR.
COLD FRONT OCCURS WHEN ADVANCING COLD AIR UNDERCUTS A BODY OF WARM AIR.
TYPES OF WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTS
COOLER TEMPERATURES 18-21 DEGREES CELCIUS
MODERATE RAINFALL THAT USUALLY LAST FOR DAYS
MODERATE CLOUD COVER
WINDS FROM THE NORTH
WHAT IS AFFECTED BY FRONTS?
THE CARIBBEAN WEATHER SYSTEM IS AFFECTED BY COLD FRONTS WHICH FORM OVER THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN DURING WINTER
JAMAICA, BAHAMAS, CUBA, HISPANIOLA ARE AFFECTED BY COLD FRONTS
WHAT HAPPENS DURING A FRONT?
COLD, DYR AIR MASSES MOVES SOUTH FROM THE NORTH
AMERICA N CONTINENT
IT PUSHES UNDER THE WARM CARIBBEAN AIR
THE RISING WARM AIR COOLS AND CONDENSES ALONG A STEEP
BOUNDARY
THIS RESULTS IN CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS
HEAVY RAIN FALL OCCURS
THIS IS CALLED FRONTAL RAINFALL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY AN INTEGRATED APPROACH BY DAVID WAUGH
ADVANCED GEOGRAPHY NAGLE
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