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Air Masses & Weather Fronts Unit 7 – Ch 20.1 - 20.2 Air Masses • Definition: Air with similar temps and moisture at any altitude • Source Region – Area where air masses originally FORM – Continental (c) - Forms over LAND and generally dry – Maritime (m) – Forms over WATER and generally moist Classifying Air Masses • Moving OUT of source region… • Continental Polar (cP) → cold ; dry • Maritime Polar (mP) → cold ; moist • Continental Tropical (cT) → warm ; dry • Maritime Tropical (mT) → warm ; moist Classifying Air Masses

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Page 1: Weather Fronts Air Masses - Weebly · Warm Front –Dense cold air replaces warm air forcing it up –Winds, showers, and t-storms over short Cold Front –Air masses collide and

Air Masses & Weather Fronts

Unit 7 – Ch 20.1 - 20.2

Air Masses•Definition: Air with similar temps and moisture at any altitude

•Source Region – Area where air masses originally FORM

–Continental (c) - Forms over LAND and generally dry

–Maritime (m) – Forms over WATER and generally moist

Classifying Air Masses

•Moving OUT of source region…

• Continental Polar (cP) → cold ; dry

• Maritime Polar (mP) → cold ; moist

• Continental Tropical (cT) → warm ; dry

• Maritime Tropical (mT) → warm ; moist

Classifying Air Masses

Page 2: Weather Fronts Air Masses - Weebly · Warm Front –Dense cold air replaces warm air forcing it up –Winds, showers, and t-storms over short Cold Front –Air masses collide and

• Definition: Narrow region separating two air masses that have collided

Weather Fronts– Advancing warm air replaces cold air

– Light cloudiness and precipitation, but clear skies BEHIND front

Warm Front– Dense cold air replaces warm air forcing it up– Winds, showers, and t-storms over short

period of time

Cold Front

– Air masses collide and neither advances

– Several days with clouds & rain

Stationary Front– Cold front overtakes warm front, wedging

warm air upward

– Precipitation on BOTH sides of front

Occluded Front

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