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Continental tropical air masses form where their name suggests: over land in regions in the tropics (up to about 25° from the equator). In North America, this occurs in northern Mexico. The air masses are characterized by clear skies and negligible rainfall. If one moves northeast into the Great Plains and stagnates, a severe drought can result.
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What is an air mass that forms over dry land?
Continental air masses. Tropical air masses form over water.
Continental polar maritime polar continental tropical and maritime tropical are types of?
Those are types of air masses.
What are Air masses that form over land are called?
continental air masses
What are the 4 main types of air masses that affect weather?
maritime polar, maritime tropical, continental tropical, and continental polar
Is it true that Air masses that form near the equator are tropical air masses?
yes
What are air masses that form in the tropics and have low pressure?
Continental Tropical
What are air masses form in the tropics and have low pressure?
Continental Tropical
What is an air mass that forms over dry land?
Continental air masses. Tropical air masses form over water.
How are continental tropical and continental air masses alike and how are they different?
the continental tropical and continental polar air masses both come from land, are humid and their differences are polar is cool air while tropical is warm air
How are continental tropical and continental polar air masses and how are they different?
the continental tropical and continental polar air masses both come from land, are humid and their differences are polar is cool air while tropical is warm air
How are continental tropical and continental polar masses alike and how are they different?
the continental tropical and continental polar air masses both come from land, are humid and their differences are polar is cool air while tropical is warm air
What two masses do air fronts form along?
continental arctic and maritime tropical
What are the 5 types of air masses?
The five types of air masses are polar, tropical, maritime, continental, and arctic. Polar air masses are cold and dry, tropical air masses are warm and dry, maritime air masses are warm and moist, continental air masses are dry and cold, and arctic air masses are extremely cold and dry.
What is the four different air masses?
The 4 major air masses are continental polar (cP), continental tropical (cT), marine polar (mP) and marine tropical (mT). Generally, continental air masses are drier than marine air masses, and polar air masses are cooler than tropical air masses. cT air masses are relatively limited in distribution existing in the south west North America and North Africa.
Where do continental air masses form?
Continental air masses form in the United States
Which air masses have warm moist air?
Maritime tropical air masses have warm, moist air.
How are continental tropical and continental polar air masses alike?
because the air is moving
