Cold Front


The aim of this chapter is for the forecaster to be able to analyze and short term forecast of significant precipitation (intensity and type snow/rain/ hail/graupel), shear, embedded severe convection with squall lines, location of the front, diurnal variation.
 

The topics discussed in this module are:
  • A review of the structure of cold fronts
  • Diurnal variation
  • Effects of the underlying surface
  • Signatures of cold fronts on Doppler radar with examples