STATIONARY FRONT

A 'stationary front' is a boundary between two different air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other. They tend to remain essentially in the same area for extended periods of time, usually moving in waves. A wide variety of weather can be found along a stationary front, but usually clouds and prolonged precipitation are found there. Stationary fronts will either dissipate after several days or devolve into shear lines, but can change into a cold or warm front if conditions aloft change. Stationary fronts are more numerous in the summer months. Stationary fronts are marked on weather maps with alternating red half-circles and blue spikes pointing in opposite directions, indicating no significant movement.^[1]

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★ Extratropical cyclone

★ Surface weather analysis

★ Weather fronts

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1. Stationary Front.

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★ Stationary Front.