cold front

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cold front

The leading portion of a cold atmospheric air mass moving against and eventually replacing a warm air mass.

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cold front

1. (Physical Geography) the boundary line between a warm air mass and the cold air pushing it from beneath and behind as it moves

2. (Physical Geography) the line on the earth's surface where the cold front meets it

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cold′ front`

the zone separating two air masses, of which the cooler, denser mass is advancing and replacing the warmer.

[1920]

cold front

(kōld)

The forward edge of an advancing mass of cold air that pushes under a mass of warm air. A cold front is often accompanied by heavy showers or thunderstorms. See more at front.

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cold front

The boundary between a mass of cold air moving into an area of warm air. The warm air is forced to rise and cumulus clouds are formed.

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Noun

cold front - the front of an advancing mass of colder air

polar front

front - (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

squall line - a cold front along which squalls or thunderstorms are likely

Translations

Kaltfront

frente frío

front froid

front chłodny

холодный фронт

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After breakfast grandmother and Jake and I bundled ourselves up and climbed into the cold front wagon-seat.

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But, at two in the morning, his anxiety drove him out to the cold front stoop, where he crouched, and waited.

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Inland, strong wind and rain were expected to persist on Sunday in the Midwest, and a cold front stretching between the Central Plains and the Great Lakes region is forecast to move south.

Heat, humidity keeps hold on eastern US as weekend slogs on

PAGASA said the tail-end of a cold front is currently affecting Northern and Central Luzon.

Cold front brings rains Chedeng nears Mindanao

Meteorologist Daniel Wu said that temperatures in low-lying areas in northern Taiwan will dip to as low as 12 and 13 degrees on Thursday night and Friday morning as a result of the coming cold front and continental cold air mass moving south through Taiwan.

Temperature forecast to drop to 12 degrees in Taiwan Wednesday

Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Davao del Sur, and Davao Occidental will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms due to the tail-end of cold front.

Tail-end of amihan may bring one tropical cyclone in February

The NTSB determined the probable cause(s) of this accident to include: "The pilot's inadequate preflight weather planning and in-flight weather evaluation, which resulted in an encounter with a strong cold front and the pilot's subsequent loss of airplane control." Yes, this accident ultimately will be attributed to losing control.

Full Frontal: Cold fronts can offer a tricky mix of weather, often over a broad area. Coping starts with a preflight weather briefing

"Cold fronts turn the wheel because deer are slaves to their stomachs," Mark explains.

Farnland Factors: FARM COUNTRY LOOKS EASY TO HUNT. BUT VARIOUS FACTORS COMBINE TO MAKE EVERY DAY DIFFERENT. HERE'S HOW THE DRURY BROTHERS APPROACH THIS SHIFTING MATRIX OF CONDITIONS

The Meteorology section giving the dates cold fronts are due to cross the Mississippi is paramount to this.

Almanack Cold Front Dates

1992), narrow moist low level jets ahead of cold fronts were documented in the U.K.

ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS IN THE U.K

"Somehow, in the face of all this bombardment, the cold front edge has survived intact," John ZuHone of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, said in a NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/scientists-surprised-by-relentless-cosmic-cold-front.html) statement .