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Definitions for "Frontolysis"
Keywords:  frontogenesis, dissipates, weakening, frontal, divergence
Related Terms: Occluded front, Stationary front, Frontogenesis, Front, Warm front, Cold front, Convection current, Convection currents, Overrunning, Thermal, Convection, Ambient conditions, Unstable air, Thermal inversion, Thermal low, Polar front, Contrail, Plume, Ccl, Inversion, Potential temperature, Cap , Aerial, Continental air mass, Warm, Air mass, Maritime air mass, Instability, Dirty air, Adiabatic process, Cold wave, Cold checking, Stack effect, Stable air, Isothermal, Overheat, Arctic air, Low pressure, Blow, Ambient pressure, Temperature inversion, Wind chill, Negative pressure, Thermal shock, Cryogenic, Advection fog, Dry adiabatic lapse rate, High pressure, Convector
The process in which a front dissipates. This occurs when the temperatures and pressures equalize across a front.
srh.weather.gov
The disappearance or marked weakening of a front. Subsidence (see divergence) is the most important factor in causing frontolysis. Back to the top
knmi.nl
The weakening or dissipation of a front occurs when two adjacent air masses lose contrasting properties such as the density and temperature. It is the opposite of frontogenesis.
opc.ncep.noaa.gov
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