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Why do continental tropical air mass have relatively low humidity and high temperatures?
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The tropics receive a lot of heat from the sun, so tropical air masses tend to have high temperatures. Continental air masses form over land, so they do not have a significant source of moisture, which results in them having low humidity.
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