Meteorol. the front formed when a warm front is overtaken by a cold front and an air mass is forced aloft up the warm-front or cold-front surface
occluded front
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occluded front
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MeteorologyThe front formed when a cold front occludes a warm front.
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The front formed when a cold front occludes a warm front.
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Noun
(plural occluded fronts)
- (meteorology) An occluded front occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front at the surface and a temperature contrast exists between the advancing and retreating cold air masses.
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