warm front

noun

: an advancing edge of a warm air mass

Examples of warm front in a Sentence

An approaching warm front often means that rain is coming.
Recent Examples on the Web The rash of tornadoes came as a warm front lifted across the area while low pressure tracked along that warm front, causing the severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, the weather service said. Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024 That system had a smaller potential of bringing severe conditions, but the NWS said that hail, damaging winds and a tornado were still possible as a warm front moves through the area. David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2024 According to the National Weather Service office in Wilmington, precipitation chances will develop Friday afternoon and increase through the night as a warm front moves through the region. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2024 However, temperatures could rise to 66 degrees Sunday on the back of a warm front sweeping up from the Gulf of Mexico. Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for warm front 

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Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of warm front was in 1921

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“Warm front.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warm%20front. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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warm front

noun
: an advancing edge of a warm air mass

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