warm sector

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noun Meteorology.

the region of warmest air bounded by the cold and warm fronts of a cyclone.

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How to use warm sector in a sentence

After a morning pause, heavy rainbands in the humid, unstable air ahead of a cold front, known as the warm sector, began sweeping through the Washington region.
Inside the Annapolis tornado: How Ida powered this destructive storm|Jeffrey Halverson, Jason Samenow|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
Ida’s remnant vortex becomes embedded in the front, with a warm front along the Mason-Dixon and a plume of tropical moisture drawn into the warm sector to its south.
Severe weather threat ends after damaging tornado in Annapolis|Jason Samenow, Jeffrey Halverson, Matthew Cappucci|September 1, 2021|Washington Post
Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.
History's Craziest Hangover Cures|Justin Jones|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In some cases, public employee unions even pushed private sector unions to endorse Republicans.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Public sector unions create a genuine political conundrum for Democrats.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Public sector unions have also fractured the labor movement itself.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How does it happen that citizens of modest means suffer as public sector unions gain?
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats|Daniel DiSalvo|December 29, 2014|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
Decomposition sets in rapidly, especially in warm weather, and greatly interferes with all the examinations.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
She may be as chaste as unsunned snow, she is certainly as cold: but for warm, inspiring virtue!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Why, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.
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British Dictionary definitions for warm sector

warm sector

noun

meteorol a wedge of warm air between the warm and cold fronts of a depression, which is eventually occludedSee also cold front, warm front

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