cold-front-like sea breeze

cold-front-like sea breeze

[′kōld ‚frənt ‚līk ′sē ‚brēz]

(meteorology)

Sea breeze that forms over the ocean, moves slowly toward the land, and then moves inland quite suddenly. Also known as sea breeze of the second kind.

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