warm front
nounDefinition of warm front
: an advancing edge of a warm air mass
Examples of warm front in a Sentence
An approaching warm front often means that rain is coming.
Recent Examples on the Web
The warm front began moving into southern Wisconsin Sunday evening. — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "It's going to get wicked hot and humid this week in Wisconsin," 14 July 2019 Some high clouds will begin to move into the region mid-day on Friday as a warm front moves off to the north of the metro area. — Rosemarie Stein | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, "Portland metro Thursday weather: Sun, sun, sun, here it comes," 19 Apr. 2018 Oppressive humidity levels, dew points in the lower 70s, will move into the state late Friday or Friday night following a warm front passage. — courant.com, "Mostly sunny and warm for holiday," 3 July 2019 Morning temperatures remain in the cool mid-50s to near 60, with afternoon highs warming to the upper 60s to low 70s as a warm front tries to push through from south to north. — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, "D.C.-area forecast: Soggy Saturday, with a chance of sun on Sunday," 19 May 2018 Confidence: Medium Tomorrow night: Clouds increase again during the night as a warm front approaches, with a chance of showers overnight or toward morning. — Brian Jackson, Washington Post, "D.C.-area forecast: Still on the mild side today, then a little wet snow possible late tonight," 1 Apr. 2018 However, a band of showers and thunderstorms working across the D.C. metro area this morning (along a warm front) has overspread thick cloud, and these early storms will consume some of that CAPE. — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, "Severe thunderstorm watch: Storms approaching D.C.’s southern suburbs," 10 May 2018 The warm front is moving north and should reach Seattle on Monday night. — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, "Updates from Seattle’s snowy Monday: Rain coming as warm air moves north," 12 Feb. 2019 The first weekend of summer will start off on Saturday feeling more like the first weekend of May, as a warm front to the south causes mostly cloudy skies and showers. — Gary Lessor, courant.com, "First Weekend Of Summer To Be Cloudy, Rainy," 22 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'warm front.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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