warm front

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/ ˈwɔrm ˌfrʌnt /

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noun Meteorology.

a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing.

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Origin of warm front

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby warm front

warm-down, warmed-over, warmed-up, war memorial, warmer-upper, warm front, warm heart, warm-hearted, warming pan, warminster broom, warmist

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How to use warm front in a sentence

Sometimes, however, tornadic thunderstorms can erupt in marginal setups, particularly when warm fronts are involved.
How a tornadic storm tore through West Virginia and parts of northern Maryland Monday|Jeffrey Halverson, Jason Samenow|May 6, 2021|Washington Post
The warm front was in a weakening state as it migrated north.
How a tornadic storm tore through West Virginia and parts of northern Maryland Monday|Jeffrey Halverson, Jason Samenow|May 6, 2021|Washington Post
We’ll also need to get a weak warm front through the region to jump-start our warmer-direction breezes out of the southwest by late Monday.
D.C.-area forecast: A chilly wind today, then slowly warmer into next week|A. Camden Walker|April 16, 2021|Washington Post
After a dry first round that made the greens difficult to navigate, a warm front from the southwest will bring a 30 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening, though any rain overnight should stay to the north.
The Masters 2021 live updates: Justin Rose regains lead|Scott Allen|April 9, 2021|Washington Post

The warm front is expected to pass north of the Mason-Dixon Line early Sunday, ushering in the mild air.
Severe thunderstorms possible in D.C. area Sunday for first time this year|Jason Samenow, Jeffrey Halverson|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion|Nina Strochlic|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As the protagonist gets herself off in front of her impotent husband, she moans “Oh, Gronky.”
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Granted, James is in an office in the Pentagon, and not on the front lines.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The next phase of the trial consists of vaccinating Ebola workers on the front lines.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Off went the officers again, some distance to the front, and then back again to their men, and got them on a little further.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.
Confidence|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for warm front

warm front

noun

meteorol the boundary between a warm air mass and the cold air above which it is rising, at a less steep angle than at the cold frontCompare cold front, occluded front

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Scientific definitions for warm front

warm front

The forward edge of an advancing mass of warm air that rises over and replaces a retreating mass of cooler air. As it rises, the warm air cools and the water vapor in it condenses, usually forming steady rain, sleet, or snow. On a weather map, a warm front is depicted as a red line with half circles whose curved sides point in the direction in which the warm air is moving. Compare cold front occluded front. See illustration at front.

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