High humidities only occur during the rainy seasons of a desert. The rest of the year is quite dry.
the western mountains block moist air from the Pacific Ocean
the western mountains block moist air from the pacific ocean
The Little Sandy Dessert is located in Western Australia south of the great Sandy Desert. It was formed when the hot moist air rose at the equator, leaving hot dry air behind.
Moist = clouds = heat retention Desert = no clouds = heat loss = cooler
cool moist air
A desert is dry. It does not produce a lot of water vapor. An air mass that forms over a desert will have low humidity.The desert receives an extremely low amount of precipitation (rain, snow, etc. that has fallen at a place in a given period) or lack of water. This would make an air mass that forms over a desert have low humidity (The air mass would not be moist).
No the desert is very dry.
Maritime tropical air masses are warm and moist.
A maritime polar air mass is composed of cold, moist air.
Thunderstorms require moist air to form. That is where the rain comes from.
Tennessee has no deserts.
The Barcelona drought is part of the larger phenomenon of global warming. Hot, arid air came from the Sahara desert and prevented the usual moist air from the Atlantic from raining on the mountains surrounding Barcelona.