Why is weather more severe along cold fronts than warm fronts?

Question

Why is weather more severe along cold fronts than warm fronts?

Answer 1

Cold fronts crashing in to warm, moist air causes the most severe storms.

Answer 2

This depends on your interpretation of severe. Warm fronts may lead to tropical storms or T-storms, but this is relatively rare. In contrast, cold weather brings low temperatures, which most people consider "severe" in and of itself. There is no scientific rule that verifies this however.

Answer 3

In many situations, cold fronts are boundaries between two sharply contrasting air masses. The typical contrasting air masses are continental polar (cP) and maritime tropical (mT). Cold, dry air will lift up warm, moist air as the cold front moves through the warm sector of a mid-latitude cyclone. When this occurs, high instability is present within the atmosphere. Heat and moisture add into the mix, and severe weather begins to form. Wind shear is known to play a prominent role in it as well, especially when considering tornado formation.

Answer 4

wouldn't it be the amount of energy that determines the severity of the storm?  you need a meteriologiest, I guess...