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

Most of the wild weather starts tonight, with wind speeds picking up and temperatures ticking up during the overnight hours behind a warm front and warm air advection. — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Thursday will be warmer, with highs in the mid-70s as a warm front moves through. — Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026

More storms are possible Wednesday, depending on the timing of a cold front moving in and pushing a warm front south. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2026

In contrast, rain from warm fronts, which occur when warm air moves into a region of colder air, tends to come from long, thin clouds that aren’t as affected by city spikiness, although they may be slightly intensified by urban heat. — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for warm front

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• upfront
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront

Kids Definition

warm front

noun

: an advancing edge of a warm air mass