The frontal surface of a front is the sloping boundary between the two air masses, the denser, colder one lying beneath as a wedge; the front on the map is its intersection with the ground. A stationary front is a front that moves very slowly or not at all. An occluded front is a composite of two fronts, formed when a cold front overtakes a warm or stationary front.
Examples
Example 22.3 (A typical slope)
At N, . Across a front with , a temperature contrast of and a wind that changes by along it, , about 1 in 170: the frontal surface reaches a height of some from the front on the ground. A sharper wind shift gives a steeper surface; a stronger temperature contrast, a gentler one.