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Weather Fronts 2D: Cold vs Warm Front Dynamics

Interactive 2D cross-section and top-down weather map of cold and warm fronts: see the correct frontal slope, cloud layering and precipitation pattern for each front type, with a movement-speed slider and standard map symbols.

Climate, Ecology & Environment2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted💧 Water 💨 Air & Wind ⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion to the 3D weather fronts simulation puts the two boundary types side by side: a cross-section view shows the correct frontal slope geometry — a cold front's steep, fast-advancing wedge that punches warm air up into cumulonimbus towers, versus a warm front's shallow, slow-climbing ramp that lifts warm air gradually into a layered cirrus-to-nimbostratus deck — while a top-down weather-map view renders each with its standard triangle or semicircle symbol so the map notation maps directly onto the physical mechanism driving it.

⚙ Under the hood

2D cross-section and top-down weather-map view of cold and warm fronts: see the correct frontal slope for each — a cold front's steep, fast wedge that forces warm air up into cumulonimbus towers versus a warm front's shallow, slow ramp that lifts warm air into a layered cirrus-to-nimbostratus deck — plus standard triangle/semicircle map symbols and a movement-speed slider.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install