How to Use advection in a Sentence

advection

noun
  • 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
  • Warm air advection and daytime heating may support isolated showers and thunderstorms.
    — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • High temperatures will be warmer thanks to a southeast wind and warm air advection pushing temperatures into the low to mid-70s.
    — Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Cold air advection will continue through the day, keeping afternoon temperatures much lower than earlier this week.
    — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Some of this may begin as a light wintry mix or pockets of freezing rain early Tuesday morning, but warm air advection should result in mostly light rain and drizzle for the rest of the day.
    — Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • On Thursday, some lingering flurries and snow showers are possible from roughly State Route 422 north to Interstate 80 as cold air advection begins to increase atop Lake Erie, coupled with a weak wave in the atmosphere.
    — Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026

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