General Navigation USCG Question #1289 (Set 41)

When a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet, and there is no horizontal motion of either air mass, it is called a(n) __________.

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option B — stationary front

According to marine meteorological standards in Bowditch, when adjacent cold and warm air masses stall with zero horizontal displacement relative to each other, the boundary is classified as a stationary front.

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