mountains with deep valleys and strong surface winds
generally flat areas of uniform composition with light surface winds
hilly with deep valleys and light winds
generally flat area of uniform composition with strong surface winds - Answer
generally flat areas of uniform composition with light surface winds
cP and cA air masses that enter the U.S. originate over - Answer northern canada and
alaska
continental polar and continental artic air masses: - Answer show many similarities
in winter continental artic source regions : - Answer have lower temperatures than
continental polar source region
t or f: During a very cold winter when the Great Lakes were completely frozen over, one
could expect lake effect snows to occur at a very high frequency and magnitude. -
Answer false
compared to an mP air mass, mT air is: - Answer warmer and moister
the greatest contrast in both temperature and moisture will occur along the boundary
seperating which air masses: - Answer cT and mT
An air mass may be defined as a vast body of air with similar properties of ____ and ____
in any horizontal direction: -Answer temperature, moisture
, one would expect a cP air mass to be:
cold and dry
cold and moist
warm and dry
warm and moist - Answer cold and dry
Which of the following air masses would be expected to exhibit the greatest change in
temperature and moisture as it passed over a great expanse of very warm water? - cP in
winter
The coldest of all the air masses of the world is: - cA
What type of air mass would provide comfortable, cool dry breezes after a prolonged
hot spell in the Central Plains in summer? - cP
Record breaking low temperatures are associated with what type of air mass?
mT
mP
cP
cT - Answer cP
Clear, sunny days with very cold nights would be associated with what type of air mass:
-Answer cP
Cumuliform cloud development would be most likely in which of the following? -Answer
cP air mass moving over warm water
Lake-effect snows are best developed around the Great Lakes during _____. - Answer
late fall and early winter when cold, dry polar air moves over the relatively warm water.
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