cold front
nounDefinition of cold front
: an advancing edge of a cold air mass
Examples of cold front in a Sentence
A cold front will move in tomorrow, bringing with it clear skies.
Recent Examples on the Web
The first of two cold fronts will drop into the area on Tuesday. — Dallas News, "NBC5 Forecast: Heat Advisory Monday, heat relief arrives Tuesday," 25 Aug. 2019 Another cold front is forecast to arrive the first part of next week, dropping high temperatures to the mid-to-lower 80s, forecasters said. — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, "Denver weather: Scattered thunderstorms and rain in the city and quarter-sized hail on the plains," 22 Aug. 2019 Those fires, fueled by winds from an incoming cold front, produced scenes this week that were both startling and ominous: Smoke darkening the midday skies over Sao Paulo and other cities. — Anchorage Daily News, "The Amazon is burning. Brazil’s president accused critics of setting fires to make him look bad.," 22 Aug. 2019 Those fires, fueled by winds from an incoming cold front, produced scenes this week that were both startling and ominous: Smoke darkening the midday skies over Sao Paulo and other cities. — oregonlive, "Brazil’s president claims Amazon rainforest fires are being set by his critics," 22 Aug. 2019 The higher humidity, in combination of a trough of low pressure and a cold front crossing New England, will trigger scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. — courant.com, "Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening," 3 Aug. 2019 The cold front that is bringing pleasant weather to much of Alabama is what’s to blame. — Leigh Morgan, al.com, "National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on the Gulf," 24 July 2019 However, rainfall potential could increase in the Houston area and toward the coast as two cold fronts make their way through the area. — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, "Southeast Texas braces for thunderstorms, possible flooding," 20 Feb. 2018 Another in a series of arctic cold fronts is expected to sweep through the state on Tuesday. — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, "Weather service monitoring snow potential for Alabama on Tuesday," 14 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cold front.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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