Stationary Front

Simply defined as "a front that is not moving."

Stationary fronts are very easy to understand: once a cold front or a warm front stops moving it is stationary. Once it starts moving again, it becomes a warm or cold front once more.

- Symbolically a stationary front is represented by alternating blue and red lines with blue triangles pointing towards the warmer air and red semicircles pointing towards the colder air.

- A noticeable temperature change and/or shift in wind direction is commonly observed when crossing from one side of a stationary front to the other.