Air Masses: Understanding Different Types Of Weather System
Air Masses
There are many components when it comes to understanding different types of
weather systems. When it comes to weather, many vital parts such as air masses are very important to understand. One might ask, what is an air mass? An air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties (ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu).
When there are similar characteristics and temperature and humidity within an air mass this is called its source region. The source region is the original start of an air mass. For a source region to have similar characteristics, the surround environment must be of one. Also, there must be enough time for the source region to acquire the similar characteristics (Gabler). Some characteristics …show more content…
Maritime means the air mass originates over the sea and is relatively moist. The other choice is c, meaning continental. Continental means the air mass originates over land and is therefore dry (Gabler). The following uppercase letter helps locate the latitude of the source region. There are four uppercase letters to help distinguish the regions, E,T,P,A. E stands for equatorial like the equator, the conditions are warm. T stands for tropical and its origins are the tropics so this is warm as well. P is for polar where the conditions can be quite cold and lastly is A which stands for Arctic air and is really …show more content…
Sometimes it can effect southeastern Canada. The winters where mT are located have warmer waters and the air is warm and moist, humid. Fog is a trademark condition with mT because when the warmer and moist air moves northward towards the Mississippi Lowlands, it will travel over cooler lands and the lower layers are chilled causing the dense advection fog. In the summer months, areas in the mT mass areas are warmer in temperature and the humid factor is moist. The other mT masses that are sourced over the Pacific Ocean are slightly cooler than the masses over the Gulf of Mexico. This mass is the result of the dry summers of southern California and the moisture in the mountains of the Pacific Coast
There are many components when it comes to understanding different types of
weather systems. When it comes to weather, many vital parts such as air masses are very important to understand. One might ask, what is an air mass? An air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties (ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu).
When there are similar characteristics and temperature and humidity within an air mass this is called its source region. The source region is the original start of an air mass. For a source region to have similar characteristics, the surround environment must be of one. Also, there must be enough time for the source region to acquire the similar characteristics (Gabler). Some characteristics …show more content…
Maritime means the air mass originates over the sea and is relatively moist. The other choice is c, meaning continental. Continental means the air mass originates over land and is therefore dry (Gabler). The following uppercase letter helps locate the latitude of the source region. There are four uppercase letters to help distinguish the regions, E,T,P,A. E stands for equatorial like the equator, the conditions are warm. T stands for tropical and its origins are the tropics so this is warm as well. P is for polar where the conditions can be quite cold and lastly is A which stands for Arctic air and is really …show more content…
Sometimes it can effect southeastern Canada. The winters where mT are located have warmer waters and the air is warm and moist, humid. Fog is a trademark condition with mT because when the warmer and moist air moves northward towards the Mississippi Lowlands, it will travel over cooler lands and the lower layers are chilled causing the dense advection fog. In the summer months, areas in the mT mass areas are warmer in temperature and the humid factor is moist. The other mT masses that are sourced over the Pacific Ocean are slightly cooler than the masses over the Gulf of Mexico. This mass is the result of the dry summers of southern California and the moisture in the mountains of the Pacific Coast