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What is an air mass that forms over dry land?
Continental air masses. Tropical air masses form over water.
Why do tornadoes happen at sea?
Tornadoes actually generally form over land. Hurricanes form over the ocean because the amount of moisture they need only occurs over tropical ocean water.
Did a hurricane ever hit Missouri?
No. Hurricanes only form over tropical ocean water and weaken rapidly if they hit land. Missouri is too far inland to get a hurricane.
What is a characteristic for continental air masses?
Continental Polar cP air mass is an air mass formed over land in a cold region with cold dry airMaritime tropical mT air mass is an air mass that forms over water in a warm region with warm wet air
Where does continental tropical form?
Over land in polar regions that is where it forms I don't know how they form though
Do maritime air masses form over land?
No. If something is maritime, then it has to do with the ocean. Maritime air masses form over water.
How are maritime tropical and marine polar alike?
they both are over colder land but maritime polar is over water in cold areas and continental polar is over land and in colder areas.
Does Maritime air mass form over land?
warm water
The difference between maritime tropical and a continental polar aim mass?
The Difference of CT and MTContinental Tropicalair mass is more hot and dry, and forms over water. Maritime Tropical is more warm and moist and forms over land.
Are tropical storms over land or over water?
Tropical storms form over warm ocean water. They weaken rapidly if they hit land.
What is a tropical maritime?
It is a climate type; A land area in a tropical zone but where the climate is moderated/influenced by the proximity of an Ocean.
What is maritime tropic?
Tropical maritime is a weather term referring to air masses, Tropical means warm-usually from tropical areas. maritime means moist, as in air masses that originated or travelled over a large body of water. Tropical maritime would describe a warm, moist air mass. The opposite would be polar,continental, referring to air masses originating near the poles and over land. This would be dry, cold air.
Where did the tropical cyclones form on land or in the ocean?
Tropical cyclones begin to form on water. The water must be at least 80 degrees fahrenheit and have a depth of 150 feet.
What are huge bodies of air that form over water or land in tropical or polar regions?
airmass
Does a cyclone start at the water?
Not necessarily. Although tropical cyclones can only form over warm ocean water, extratropical cyclones can form over land.
What are the characteristics of the four types of air masses?
there is maritime, tropical, continental, and polar, (correct me if im wrong) maritime means over the ocean, tropical means near the equator continental means over land, and polar means far from the equator
Do tropical cyclones form over land?
no
