Air Masses

1. The four main types of Air Masses are Maritime Tropical (mT), which is wet or moist warm air, Then there is Maritime Polar(mP), which is wet or moist cold air, Then there is Continental Tropical(cT) which is Dry Warm air, Then there is Continental Polar(cP) which is Dry Cold air.



2. A Maritime Tropical Air Mass is more likely to bring Hurricanes because Hurricanes form over Large WARM bodies of WATER which the air above Oceans is moist because over the continuous evaporation of Ocean Water.



3. A Continental Tropical Air Mass is more likely to bring a Drought because of the Dry air due to a lack of Water Vapor and the Warmness of the Mass will also have Affects on the Surrounding Air's Humidity. Also Continental Polar in a Kind of wierd COLD Drought, with a lack of rain.



4. Continental Polar Air Masses bring Lake-effect Snowstroms to the Great Lakes in the Upper Northern part of the United States.



5. Well there's the Highland air mass, which forms in regions where there is great elevation change in short distances. there is also the Arctic air mass, which occurs when a high pressure area becomes nearly stationary over eastern Alaska and the Yukon.