Radar Palette Home Click Conventional Post Cold Frontal 3 DCB Cold Frontal Cross-section along Poleward Branch of the Dry Conveyor Belt (DCB) Cold air in Cold Conveyor Belt (CCB) shallow and dry Warm Conveyor Belt (WCB) is shallow, warm and moist CCB veers with height (consistent with warm advection – weakening cold advection ) Mixing Zone Surface Cold Front Frontal slope is shallower than the typical 1:50 WCB oriented for less frontal lift Common area for shallow instability if any A B A B WCB just ahead of cold front also typically backs with height WCB CCB Veering winds above the frontal zone indicative of katabatic cold front
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