frontal zone
frontal zone The transition zone, sometimes amounting to a discontinuity, that separates adjacent air masses. Some turbulent mixing takes place. The sloping zone separating a cold wedge under warm air typically extends about 1 km vertically and about 100 km horizontally.
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