A pseudo-warm front is a boundary between the
in-flow region and the forward-flank downdraft of a
supercell
A supercell is a thunderstorm characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone: a deep, persistently rotating updraft. Due to this, these storms are sometimes referred to as rotating thunderstorms. Of the four classifications of thunderstorms (s ...
. It can either be stationary or move in a northeasterly direction.
If it were stationary it would technically be a pseudo-stationary front.
See also
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Pseudo-cold front
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Warm front
A warm front is a density discontinuity located at the leading edge of a homogeneous warm air mass, and is typically located on the equator-facing edge of an isotherm gradient. Warm fronts lie within broader troughs of low pressure than cold fro ...
References
Weather fronts
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