warm fronts
Mild air advances
Warm fronts are boundaries where a mass of warm air advances and rises over cooler air ahead of it.
The gradual slope of this boundary produces extended cloud cover and steady precipitation over a wide area.
Weather forecasters track warm fronts to predict the arrival of milder temperatures: A warm front will bring rain tonight, followed by warmer conditions tomorrow.
- overrunningSurpassing intended limits
- stratusLow, flat cloud layer
- advectionHorizontal transport by flow
- moist airVapor-laden atmosphere
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
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Advancing masses of frigid air
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