Definitions
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- noun The transfer of a property of the atmosphere, such as heat, cold, or humidity, by the horizontal movement of an air mass.
- noun The rate of change of an atmospheric property caused by the horizontal movement of air.
- noun The horizontal movement of water, as in an ocean current.
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- noun earth science, chemistry The
horizontal movement of a body ofatmosphere (or otherfluid ) along with aconcomitant transport of itstemperature ,humidity etc. - noun The
transport of ascalar by bulk fluidmotion .
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- noun (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
Etymologies
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Examples
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The GFS, NAM and the latest European model all predict a period of light precipitation in association with warm air advection well out ahead of the main storm late Monday into Tuesday.
Big Midwest snow looms, wintry mix & rain for D.C. Wes Junker 2011
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The low center at around 5000 feet passes to our north with little or no warm air advection to transport much moisture into the region.
First half of January trending cold, any snow? Wes Junker 2011
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Also, instead of having the 850 mb (5000 ft) cyclonic (low pressure) circulation pass just to our south, the strong northern stream initially keeps any circulation at 850 mb well to our northwest so the region ends up in a broad region of warm air advection (winds from the south) which leads to warming.
Saturday storm trending wet not white Wes Junker 2011
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Where the winds (flag shaped symbols) are blowing across the temperature lines is where warm advection and lifting is taking place (right hand side of the figure below).
Snow threat up, 1 or 2 inches possible tomorrow Wes Junker 2010
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Satellite imagery of the President's Day storm indicated all the bright clouds and precipitation associated with the warm advection were shifting out to sea mostly south of DC and that the city might only add another inch of snow to the four that had fallen earlier in the evening.
Where did Sunday's forecast go wrong? Wes Junker 2010
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The system has very little upper level energy with most of its lift being supplied by warm advection winds from the south.
Analyzing pre-Christmas snow odds Wes Junker 2010
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Low level cold advection (a precipitation inhibitor) will be battling the dynamics associated with the upper trough (a precipitation producer).
Will Sunday's storm produce any snow? Wes Junker 2010
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Nonetheless, both models now are showing a period of moderate to strong warm air advection winds coming in from the south increasing moisture.
Snow threat up, 1 or 2 inches possible tomorrow Wes Junker 2010
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The low level flow ahead of the Great Lakes low is fairly weak at that time which will keep the low level warm advection and mixing to a minimum which could allow surface temperatures in the colder suburbs to remain near or below freezing at the precipitation's onset.
Will Sunday's storm produce any snow? Wes Junker 2010
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However, all the models show any precipitation associated with this feature drying out as it crosses the mountains and there's no moist flow from the south warm air advection to generate the lift necessary for much snow to develop.
Weekend snow threat still slight Jason Samenow 2010
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