Air Masses
What are the associated weather conditions for cp and ct
Continental-Polar (cp)
Continental-Tropical (cT)
List the four types of Weather fronts.
Cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, occluded fronts.
Why does cold air sink?
Cold air sinks and it creates high pressure
Why does warm air rise
Warm air rises pressure and it creates low pressure.
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What are the associated weather conditions for mt and mp
Maritime-Tropical (mT)
Maritime-Polar (mP)
What is cold air moves under warm air forcing warm air up?
Cold Fronts
What kind of weather does high pressure create?
It creates clear skies and good weather
What kind of weather does low pressure create?
It creates rainy weathr
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What are the four types of air masses?
Arctic, tropical, polar and equatorial.
What moves slowly and bring warm, humid air?
Warm Fronts
What is a large body of circulating air with high pressure at its center and lower pressure outside the system?
High Pressure system
What is a large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside the system?
Low Pressure System
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What is a large body of air that has uniform temperature, humidity and pressure?
What forms when a cold mass meets a warm mass but neither have enough force to move the other?
Stationary Fronts
What air mass is associated with High pressure
Polar weather
What air mass is associated with low pressure
Tropical weather
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Why do maritime polar air masses have more effect on the west coast than on the east coast ?
It brings Humid air to the West Coast
What is warm air mass that is caught between two cold air masses?
Occluded Fronts
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