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Definition of warm front
: 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 Overnight tonight a warm front will push through and could trigger a couple of isolated thunderstorms after midnight.
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Dallas News, "Morning clouds, then sunny," 20 Apr. 2020 However, the weather service in Birmingham is also monitoring the possibility of a few strong storms early in the morning as a warm front moves northward over the state from the Gulf Coast.
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Leigh Morgan, al, "Enhanced risk for severe weather in Alabama on Sunday," 17 Apr. 2020 There’s also the question of how far northward the warm front makes it.
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Leigh Morgan, al, "Two waves of severe weather possible Sunday," 18 Apr. 2020 The Cascades will have a burst of snow Tuesday before the snow levels rise to about 5,000 feet this evening due to the incoming warm front.
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oregonlive, "Portland Tuesday weather: Freezing temps, icy fog, possible snow flurries later," 4 Feb. 2020 The key on Sunday will be how far north the warm front travels.
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Leigh Morgan, al, "Enhanced risk for severe weather in Alabama on Sunday," 17 Apr. 2020 That front will then retreat back inland as a warm front Saturday and bring with it more rain and possibly severe weather, including the threat of hail for some areas.
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Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, "Rainy weekend could bring severe weather to parts of Houston," 17 Apr. 2020 The moisture in the air stems from a warm front stretching across the southern states and winds bringing moisture off the Gulf on top of the front, Koch said.
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Alexandria Burris, Indianapolis Star, "Wintry mix falling on Indianapolis to last through early afternoon," 14 Mar. 2020 Clouds increase in the afternoon, and a warm front brings in steady rain by evening.
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oregonlive, "Oregon crushes UConn in historic women’s college basketball game: Morning Briefing for Tuesday, Feb. 4," 4 Feb. 2020
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The first known use of warm front was in 1921
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