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Describe the effect that air masses can have on climate and give an example?
Air masses affect climate in the same way mountains or mountain barriers do.
What types of air masses that affect Saskatchewan?
Continental polar air masses would mostly affect Saskatchewan. There may also sometimes be maritime arctic and maritime polar air masses.
How does prevailing winds affect the amount of precipitation an area receives?
it depends on the movement of huge air masses. air masses are moved from place to place by prevaling windsPrevailing winds can move rain producing clouds into or out of an area, the jet stream controls most of the weather in the northern hemisphere.
How do prevailing winds affect movement of air masses?
they move in the direction the wind is moving
How do air masses form over the land and ocean affect weather in the US?
In The Online World It Says That, "Continental air masses are usually relatively dry and usually bring fair weather. Maritime air masses are usually humid and may bring precipitation."
Describe the effect that air masses can have on climate and give an example?
Air masses affect climate in the same way mountains or mountain barriers do.
What types of air masses that affect Saskatchewan?
Continental polar air masses would mostly affect Saskatchewan. There may also sometimes be maritime arctic and maritime polar air masses.
What type of air masses affect wet and dry climate?
dry continental air masses.
How do air masses that form over the land and ocean affect weather in the Unnited States?
Air masses can affect the weather because different air masses differ in temperature, density, and moisture content.
How does density affect air masses?
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Why is air masses greater on top of mountain?
because the air pressure is more dense
How is masses classified?
Air masses are classified according to their maritime source regions and their latitude. Different air masses affect different parts of the world.
Which is not an area where the maritime tropical air masses that affect north America originate?
The Hudson Bay is not an area where the maritime tropical air masses that affect north America originate.
How does unequal heating of earth affect the movement of air masses?
Unequal heating cause air masses to form fronts. Fronts are masses that contain air that is all the same temperature and at the same altitude.
What type of air masses affect Jamestown North Carolina?
huricane
What air masses affect the Ontario area?
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What type of air masses generally affect the san Francisco climate?
maritime air mass
