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When a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses and the thicker cold air masses move underneath the thinner warm air mass and push it upward is what type of weather front?

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When a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses and the thicker cold air masses move underneath the thinner warm air mass and push it upward. Occluded front symbol – The directions that the bumps face is the direction the front is moving.
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An occluded front forms when a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses. The warm air mass is cut ofl or occluded' from the ground. The occluded warm front may cause clouds and precipitation. A swirling center of low air pressure is called a cyclone.
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