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A cold front is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air at ground level that replaces a warmer mass of air and lies within a pronounced surface trough of low pressure.It often forms behind an extratropical cyclone (to the west in the Northern Hemisphere, to the east in the Southern), at the leading edge of its cold air advection pattern—known as the cyclone's dry "conveyor belt" flow.
On weather maps, the surface position of the cold front is marked by a blue line with triangles pointing in the direction where cold air travels and it is placed at the leading edge of the cooler air mass. [2] Cold fronts often bring rain, and sometimes heavy thunderstorms as well. Cold fronts can produce sharper and more intense changes in ...
They typically have fronts attached to them, with a cold front extending south of the low and a warm front extending to its east. Winds circulating around the low are in a counterclockwise motion ...
A squall line is an elongated line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front. [25] [26] In the early 20th century, the term was used as a synonym for cold front. [27] The squall line contains heavy precipitation, hail, frequent lightning, strong straight line winds, and possibly tornadoes and waterspouts. [28]
A cold front may bring gale force winds to the region Saturday, with the possibility of scattered thunderstorms Saturday night over Gulf waters.
There are showers and scattered thunderstorms developing today along a cold front, and a few have the potential to produce strong winds.
A squall line is an elongated line of severe thunderstorms that can form along and/or ahead of a cold front. [11] [12] In the early 20th century, the term was used as a synonym for cold front. [13] The squall line contains heavy precipitation, hail, frequent lightning, strong straight-line winds, and possibly tornadoes and waterspouts. [14]
North Texas has recorded nine days over 100 degrees this year so far.