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A stationary front is simply a front that is not moving. It is represented by alternating blue and red lines with blue triangles pointing towards the warmer air and red semicircles pointing towards the colder air. ![]() Weather conditions greatly depend upon which side of the front a location is positioned. If a stationary front is nearby and a low pressure center is approaching along the front, heavy amounts of precipitation are possible. ![]() Image by: WXP Purdue There is usually a noticeable change in temperature and wind shift crossing from one side of a stationary front to the other. Low pressure centers sometimes migrate along stationary fronts, dumping heavy amounts of precipitation in their path. Such a scenario has been depicted above. The alternating red and blue line is the stationary front and the blue and green swatches indicate precipitation.
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