warm front


noun Meteorology.

a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing.

Origin of warm front

First recorded in 1920–25

British Dictionary definitions for warm front

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

Scientific definitions for warm 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 front occluded front. See illustration at front.