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How is an occluded front different from a cold front?
Warm air is pushed up during an occluded front, while cold air moves quickly during a cold front.
Occluded fronts cause warm air to feel dry, while cold fronts cause ground temperatures to feel cooler.
Warm air moves slowly during an occluded front, while cold air is cut off from the ground in a cold front.
Occluded fronts cause rapid changes in weather conditions, while cold fronts cause widespread cloud formation.
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Why: In an occluded front a faster cold front catches up to a preceding warm front and forces the warm air upward and off the ground (so the warm air is pushed up and cut off from the surface). A cold front is simply an advancing mass of cold air that moves relatively quickly and pushes under warmer air, lifting it abruptly and often producing a sharp temperature drop and convective precipitation.
(If useful: occlusions can produce widespread, often prolonged cloudiness and precipitation; cold fronts tend to produce more sudden, short‑lived but sometimes intense storms and a quicker temperature change.)
Why: In an occluded front a faster cold front catches up to a preceding warm front and forces the warm air upward and off the ground (so the warm air is pushed up and cut off from the surface). A cold front is simply an advancing mass of cold air that moves relatively quickly and pushes under warmer air, lifting it abruptly and often producing a sharp temperature drop and convective precipitation.
(If useful: occlusions can produce widespread, often prolonged cloudiness and precipitation; cold fronts tend to produce more sudden, short‑lived but sometimes intense storms and a quicker temperature change.)
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