frontal system
noun [C] specializedDefinition
› a combination of weather conditions in which one or more weather fronts can be recognized: With so many frontal systems so close together, we can expect the weather to be highly changeable over the next few days.Weather and climate - general words
(Definition of frontal system noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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