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Examples of warm front in a Sentence
An approaching warm front often means that rain is coming.
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Prepare for light snow or sleet Saturday morning as a warm front from the south hits cold air arriving from the north.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
After incorporating weather data into their analysis, the researchers concluded that the bats coordinate their movements with warm fronts that precede storms.
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
Thundersnow can be found where there is relatively strong instability and abundant moisture above the surface, such as above a warm front according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
In the spring, storms are typically preceded by warm fronts that generate strong winds that usually blow in the right direction for migration.
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above
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“Warm front.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warm%20front. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
warm front
noun
: an advancing edge of a warm air mass
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