The University of Illinois' Forces and Winds online meteorology guide , helps introduce and define important concepts of pressure and wind. Cold fronts don't necessarily bring frigid weather. Warm fronts often bring widespread precipitation. A frontal occlusion often occurs during the later stages of a storm's life cycle. Back door cold fronts often invade the East from the Atlantic Ocean in early spring.
Stationary fronts can bring days of bad weather.
Graphic explains why fronts slow down and become stationary. Air masses, not fronts bring cold weather. A sea breeze often feels like a strong cold front. Cold fronts that bring very little rain Cold fronts that bring several days of wet weather . Storm formation All weather begins with a global energy imbalance.