The Gust Front

<BODY text="#000066" link="blue" vlink="purple" alink="red" background="index26.gif"> <A NAME="pgtop"></A> <A HREF="indexc.htm"><Img Src="flconts.gif" ALT="Table of Contents" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <A HREF="index25.htm"><Img Src="fllarrow.gif" ALT="Previous" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <A HREF="index27.htm"><Img Src="flrarrow.gif" ALT="Next" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24></A> <BR> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%"><TR> <TD> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%"> <TR><TD COLSPAN=0 HEIGHT=45><br></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=63 HEIGHT=26><br></td> <TD WIDTH=317 HEIGHT=26 align="center" valign="bottom" > <B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFF00"><FONT size="+2">The Gust Front</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN=0><SPACER type="horizontal" size=173><br></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="100%"> <TR><TD COLSPAN=0 HEIGHT=18><br></TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=59 HEIGHT=246><br></td> <TD WIDTH=321 HEIGHT=246 align="left" valign="top" > <LI><B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">If you think about the downdraft of a thunderstorm you will realize that it pushes air out ahead of the storm.<BR> <LI>This is sort of like a bubble of air on the ground that spreads out in every direction.<BR> <LI>Since the storm is moving in a specific direction, this outflow will tend to be stronger in the dirtection of motion of the storm.<BR> <LI>This area of wind that precedes the storm is called the <BR> </B></FONT></FONT></FONT><LI><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">gust front</FONT></FONT></FONT><B><FONT face="Arial"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+0">.</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN=0><SPACER type="horizontal" size=173><br></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=0 HEIGHT=7><br></TD></TR> </TABLE> <HR ALIGN="left" size=5 WIDTH="65%"> <A NAME="pgbot"></A> <BR> <FONT SIZE="-2">Published by <A HREF="http://www.lotus.com">Lotus</A>® <A HREF="http://www.lotus.com/freelance">Freelance Graphics</A>®</FONT> </BODY>