FRONTOGENESIS

The birth or creation of a front. This occurs when two adjacent air masses exhibiting different densities and temperatures are brought together by prevailing winds, creating a front. It could happen when either air mass, or both, move over a surface which strengthens their original properties. However, it occurs most often along the eastern coasts of North America and Asia, when the air mass moving out over the ocean has a weak or no distinct boundary. The opposite of frontolysis.