On the Kalamazoo River this weekend, Michigan residents will kayak down the sparkling waters and cast their lines for smallmouth bass. The relaxing summer day will bear little resemblance to July 25, 2010, when a ruptured pipeline spewed a million gallons of crude oil into a nearby creek. Five years and billions of cleanup dollars after the worst inland oil spill in U.S. history, the river is largely revitalized. Resuscitated wetlands hug the river, while three new boat launches and man-made rapids draw paddlers, fishers and weekenders.
a result, the angle of the frontal boundary is not as severe as a cold front and the warm air climbs slowly over the cooler air. This produces layered clouds like stratus and nimbostratus clouds. Far in advance of the front cirrostratus and cirrus clouds form. Warm fronts form clouds that cover a large area and create rain or snow events that
As the warm air is forced upward, water vapor condenses into clouds and rain, which can sometimes be heavy along the front. A cold front, noted on weather maps by this symbol, is often characterized by quick changes and steady precipitation, followed by showery precipitation. A WARM FRONT has warm, moist air behind it that rises over the colder air it encounters. Rain may fall behind the front as the warm, rising air condenses. A warm front, noted on weather maps by this symbol, generally has a long frontal boundary -- the area where changes occur. STATIONARY FRONTS occur where warm and cold air meet but neither wins out. Unsettled weather can occur over a wide area near the frontal boundary.