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How would you describe an air mass over the Pacific Ocean on hot summer day?
Maritime polar air masses form over the northern Atlantic and the northern Pacific oceans. They most often influence the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast. Continental tropical air masses very rarely form during winter, but they usually keep the Desert Southwest scorching above 100 degrees Fahrenheit during summer.
How would you describe an air mass over the Pacific Ocean?
Maritime polar air masses, abbreviated mP on weather maps, tend to dominate the Pacific coast region. These air masses form over a cold ocean current in the northern Pacific Ocean. Maritime polar air masses have the capability to produce cloudy, damp, or foggy conditions, with fog more likely near the shoreline.
What type of air mass has hot dry summers?
Continental tropical air
Continental tropical air is associated with hot. dry, and sunny weather . 2. Continental tropical air is most commonly found in west Texas and in other parts of the American Southwest.
Which type of air mass develops over warm ocean waters?
maritime tropical air mass
Maritime air masses form over water and are humid. Continental air masses form over land and are dry. Therefore, an air mass that develops over northern Canada is called a continental polar air mass and is cold and dry. One that forms over the Indian Ocean is called a maritime tropical air mass and is warm and humid.
Which best describes an air mass that forms over the ocean near the equator?
The word that describes humidity (maritime or continental) is paired with the word that describes temperature (equatorial, tropical, polar or arctic). For example, if an air mass forms over a tropical ocean, it is called maritime tropical. If an air mass forms over land in the far north it is called continental polar.
What are the two characteristics used to describe an air mass?
Air masses have fairly uniform temperature and moisture content in horizontal direction (but not uniform in vertical). Air masses are characterized by their temperature and humidity properties.