The development of a boundary between two air masses of differing temperature and humidity, classified as a cold front, warm front, stationary front or occluded front according to how the air masses are moving relative to each other. Fronts are a principal driver of day-to-day weather change in the mid-latitudes, typically bringing cloud, precipitation and shifting wind as they pass.
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1. Weather Front Formation (Wikipedia)
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A weather front is a boundary separating air masses for which several characteristics differ, such as air density, wind, temperature, and humidity. Disturbed and unstable weather due to these differences often arises along the boundary.
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