1) Exclusively Anglo word 2) Exclusively Saxon word 3) Weather feature 4) Weather front 5) Weather map line 6) Word of purely Anglo origin 7) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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A cold front is defined as the leading edge of a cooler mass of air, replacing (at ground level) a warmer mass of air, which lies within a fairly sharp surface trough of low pressure. It forms in the wake of an extratropical cyclone, at the leading edge of its cold air advection pattern, which is also known as the cyclone`s dry conveyor belt circ....
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The boundary between a cold air mass that is advancing and a relatively warmer airmass. Generally characterized by steady precipitation followed by showery precipitation.
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Any non-occluded front that moves in such a way so that colder air replaces warmer air; the "leading edge" of a relatively cold air mass.
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The leading edge of an advancing cold air mass that is underrunning and displacing the warmer air in its path. Generally, with the passage of a cold front, the temperature and humidity decrease, the pressure rises, and the wind shifts (usually from the southwest to the northwest in the Northern Hemisphere). Precipitation is generally at and/or behi...
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A weather condition accompanied by high, clear skies, and a sudden drop in temperature.
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A weather condition accompanied by high, clear skies, and a sudden drop in temperature.
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The boundary between two different air masses where cold air pushes warm air out of the way and brings colder weather.
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leading edge of an advancing mass of relatively cold air. In middle and higher latitudes of both hemispheres cold fronts tend to move toward the ... [6 related articles]
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The cold front is a much more vertical start to it with the cold air pushing into the warm front sector, with heavy showers and large cumulonimbus clouds.
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A narrow transition zone separating advancing colder air from retreating warmer air. The air behind a cold front is cooler and typically drier than the air it is replacing.
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The leading edge of a colder mass of air that displaces a warmer mass of air.
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A transition zone in the atmosphere where an advancing cold air mass displaces a warm air mass.
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The front edge of a cold air mass. It often produces precipitation and, frequently, severe weather.
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A narrow transition zone separating advancing colder air from retreating warmer air. The air behind a cold front is cooler and typically drier than the air it is replacing.
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n] - the front of an advancing mass of colder air
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The interface between a mass of cold air and the warm air mass it is overtaking; the dense, cold air tends to wedge under the warm air, forcing the warm air up and cooling it abruptly, forming precipitation that is often accompanied by strong winds and lightning.
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any non-occluded front that moves in such a way so that colder air replaces warmer air; the leading edge of a relatively cold air mass.
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The boundary line between a mass of advancing cold air and a mass of warmer air under which it pushes.
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polar front noun the front of an advancing mass of colder air
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The transition zone where a colder air mass overtakes and replaces a warmer air mass.
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the zone separating two air masses, of which the cooler, denser mass is advancing and replacing the warmer.
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