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A weather front is the boundary where two masses of air with different densities meet and interact. It matters because these boundaries are where significant weather changes occur, including storms, temperature shifts, and precipitation.
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Approaching weather fronts are often visible from the ground, but are not always as well defined as this.
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. For instance, cold fronts can bring bands of thunderstorms and cumulonimbus precipitation or be preceded by squall lines, while warm fronts are usually preceded by stratiform precipitation and fog. In summer, subtler humidity gradients known as dry lines can trigger severe weather. Some fronts produce no precipitation and little cloudiness, although there is invariably a wind shift.