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oc·clud·ed ˈfront N METEO

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The point where the warm front and the occluded front meet (and consequently the nearest location of warm air to the center of the cyclone) is called the "triple point".
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A wide variety of weather can be found along an occluded front, with thunderstorms possible, but usually their passage is associated with a drying of the air mass.
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Initially attached to an occluded front, the low detached from the system and gradually acquired tropical characteristics.
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Occluded fronts form late in the cyclone life cycle near the center of the cyclone and often wrap around the storm center.
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They also can occur under altostratus cloud preceding a warm or occluded front, when cumulus usually lose vertical development as the sun's heat decreases.
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Occluded fronts usually form around mature low-pressure areas.
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When this happens a new low center will form on the triple-point (the point where the cold front, warm front, and occluded front meet).
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In areas where cold fronts catch up to the warm front, the occluded front develops.
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Occluded fronts are indicated on a weather map by a purple line with alternating half-circles and triangles pointing in direction of travel.
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The occluded front symbol should thus be plotted at the position where the cold air is intersecting the surface, as on the image to the right.
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