After a long, cold winter, a warm front can sound like a welcome development. But sometimes they can create a little trouble. Here’s Meteorologist Derek Witt with this Weather Word of the Week.

The Northeast has seen wild temperature swings — from record 80s one day to snow showers the next. Scientists say weather patterns like cold fronts and climate factors help explain it.

Unseasonably warm and humid weather will continue for Acadiana into the weekend, but a strong cold front will bring the area back to a winter-like reality by late Saturday night. In the near term, it ...