: the coming together into a distinct front of two dissimilar air masses that commonly react upon each other to induce cloud and precipitation.

What do you mean by Frontogenesis?

Frontogenesis is a meteorological process of tightening of horizontal temperature gradients to produce fronts. In the end, two types of fronts form: cold fronts and warm fronts. A cold front is a narrow line where temperature decreases rapidly. ... Frontogenesis occurs as a result of a developing baroclinic wave.

What is Frontogenesis and how does it happen?

Frontogenesis is the generation or intensification of a front. It occurs when warm air converges onto colder air, and the horizontal temperature gradient amplifies by at least an order of magnitude. ... In the atmosphere this convergence and uplift tends to be focused along narrow lines, which then become fronts.