warm front
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Morning temperatures remain in the cool mid-50s to near 60, with afternoon highs warming to the upper 60s to low 70s as a warm front tries to push through from south to north. — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, "D.C.-area forecast: Soggy Saturday, with a chance of sun on Sunday," 19 May 2018 Confidence: Medium Tomorrow night: Clouds increase again during the night as a warm front approaches, with a chance of showers overnight or toward morning. — Brian Jackson, Washington Post, "D.C.-area forecast: Still on the mild side today, then a little wet snow possible late tonight," 1 Apr. 2018 However, a band of showers and thunderstorms working across the D.C. metro area this morning (along a warm front) has overspread thick cloud, and these early storms will consume some of that CAPE. — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, "Severe thunderstorm watch: Storms approaching D.C.’s southern suburbs," 10 May 2018 The warm front is moving north and should reach Seattle on Monday night. — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, "Updates from Seattle’s snowy Monday: Rain coming as warm air moves north," 12 Feb. 2019 The first weekend of summer will start off on Saturday feeling more like the first weekend of May, as a warm front to the south causes mostly cloudy skies and showers. — Gary Lessor, courant.com, "First Weekend Of Summer To Be Cloudy, Rainy," 22 June 2018 Confidence: Medium-High A LOOK AHEAD On Wednesday and Thursday, a warm front pushes through the region, followed by a cold front. — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, "D.C.-area forecast: Gorgeous weather through Tuesday, then a little stormy and then hot," 25 June 2018 Another warm front lifts north into the Portland area on Friday bringing another round of showers before noon, followed by more steady rain for the afternoon. — OregonLive.com, "Portland metro Thursday weather: Rain, more rain and then some rain - high near 58," 5 Apr. 2018 Following the warm front passage the temperatures will turn significantly warmer for Friday and Saturday with highs inland reaching into the 70s. — Gary Lessor, courant.com, "Cloudy, Breezy, Rainy Thursday," 11 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'warm front.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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