Which type of front moves faster due to its density characteristics?

A cold front moves faster than a warm front due to its density characteristics. Cold air is denser than warm air, which allows it to displace warm air more effectively. As the cold air mass advances, it pushes underneath the warmer, lighter air, leading to a more aggressive climb of the warm air, often resulting in the development of cumulonimbus clouds and more severe weather conditions, including thunderstorms.

In contrast, warm fronts move slower because the warm air gradually rises over the cooler air, creating a more stratified layer of differing temperatures. Stationary fronts do not exhibit significant movement as they occur when neither air mass is strong enough to replace the other, and occluded fronts are a combination of both warm and cold fronts that develop when a cold front catches up to a warm front.