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warm front
[ wawrm fruhnt ]
noun
Meteorology.
- a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing.
warm front
noun
- 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
warm front
- The forward edge of an advancing mass of warm air that rises over and replaces a retreating mass of cooler air. As it rises, the warm air cools and the water vapor in it condenses, usually forming steady rain, sleet, or snow. On a weather map, a warm front is depicted as a red line with half circles whose curved sides point in the direction in which the warm air is moving.
- Compare cold frontSee illustration at front
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Origin of warm front1
First recorded in 1920–25
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