warm front

n. A front along which an advancing mass of warm air rises over a mass of cold air.

warm front

n (Physical Geography) meteorol the boundary between a warm air mass and the cold air above which it is rising, at a less steep angle than at the cold front. Compare cold front, occluded front

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n. a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing. [1920–25]

warm front

The forward edge of an advancing mass of warm air that rises over a mass of cold air. A warm front is often accompanied by a prolonged period of steady rain. See more at front.

warm front

The term used to describe the boundary between a mass of warm air moving into an area of cold air over which it rises.

Thesaurus

Noun

warm front - the front of an advancing mass of warmer airfront - (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

Translations

warm front

Meteorol the boundary between a warm air mass and the cold air above which it is rising, at a less steep angle than at the cold front

warm front

[′wȯrm ‚frənt] (meteorology) Any nonoccluded front, or portion thereof, which moves in such a way that warmer air replaces colder air.

warm front

Warm front as shown on a weather chart.A front along which warm air replaces cold air. If the warm air mass progressively passes over ground previously covered by cold air, the front will be a warm front. As this front passes an observer, the heavy-stratus type of clouds and any existing precipitation will give way to a partial or complete clearing of the skies.

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noun the front of an advancing mass of warmer air

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