stationary front
noun
: the boundary between two air masses neither of which is replacing the other
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web For the Gulf Coast region, flooding may wreak havoc on any outdoor holiday plans as a stationary front continues to pester an area that does not need more rain. 
Allison Chinchar, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022 That’s the air wafting north into thunderstorms and being converted into heavy downpours along a stationary front. Annabelle Timsit And Zach Rosenthal, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2022 That's the air wafting north into thunderstorms and being converted into heavy downpours along a stationary front. Zach Rosenthal, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 Instigating the flooding was a stationary front draped across the metro region, which acted as train tracks for heavy thunderstorm cells to ride along. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 Lance Pyle, a meteorologist with the weather service in North Little Rock, said Wednesday that the storms started forming in White County under a stationary front that had settled across Central Arkansas. Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 13 July 2022 The stationary front could trigger a few afternoon and early evening showers and perhaps a weak thunderstorm, but there is only about a 40% chance for precipitation. Hartford Courant, 13 July 2022 It was characterized by an area of low pressure moving northeast along a stationary front across eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022 An easterly flow off the Atlantic Ocean will interact with a stationary front to cause cloudy skies and cooler temperatures on Monday with highs in the low 60s. courant.com, 4 Oct. 2021 See More
Allison Chinchar, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022 That’s the air wafting north into thunderstorms and being converted into heavy downpours along a stationary front. Annabelle Timsit And Zach Rosenthal, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2022 That's the air wafting north into thunderstorms and being converted into heavy downpours along a stationary front. Zach Rosenthal, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 Instigating the flooding was a stationary front draped across the metro region, which acted as train tracks for heavy thunderstorm cells to ride along. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 Lance Pyle, a meteorologist with the weather service in North Little Rock, said Wednesday that the storms started forming in White County under a stationary front that had settled across Central Arkansas. Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 13 July 2022 The stationary front could trigger a few afternoon and early evening showers and perhaps a weak thunderstorm, but there is only about a 40% chance for precipitation. Hartford Courant, 13 July 2022 It was characterized by an area of low pressure moving northeast along a stationary front across eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022 An easterly flow off the Atlantic Ocean will interact with a stationary front to cause cloudy skies and cooler temperatures on Monday with highs in the low 60s. courant.com, 4 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1940, in the meaning defined above