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Weather Front Type

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-030225

A boundary or transition zone between two air masses of different density, and thus (usually) of different temperature. A moving front is named according to the advancing air mass, e.g., cold front if colder air is advancing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-030225
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNOAA National Weather Service Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030225",
  "term": "Weather Front Type",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A boundary or transition zone between two air masses of different density, and thus (usually) of different temperature. A moving front is named according to the advancing air mass, e.g., cold front if colder air is advancing.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA National Weather Service Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/weather-front-type/"
}

Record 30,225 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.