Warm fronts are typically less violent than cold fronts. If a warm front exists on a weather map, it will be northeast of the cold front and often, to the east of a surface low pressure area. Clouds and precipitation are quite prevalent to the north of the warm front. The lifting leads to saturation, cloud formation, and, ultimately, to some form of precipitation. In Oklahoma, warm fronts are rare in the winter and non-existent in the summer.
Stationary fronts behave like warm fronts, but are more quiescent.
Many times the winds on both sides of a stationary front are parallel to the front. Because cold fronts move faster than warm fronts, they can catch up to and overtake their related warm front. When they do, an occluded front is formed. The most common type of occlusion in North America is called a cold-front occlusion and it occurs when the cold front forces itself under the warm front. The weather ahead of the cold occlusion is similar to that of a warm front while that along and behind the cold occlusion is similar to that of a cold front.