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Chapter 29 Air Masses and Fronts
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Air Masses A huge section of the lower troposphere that has the same kind of weather throughout
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Types of air masses mT –Maritime Tropical Warm Moist Air usually over tropical waters
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mP –Maritime Polar Cold Humid air coming from over cold ocean waters
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cT –Continental Tropical Hot dry Air originating over desert areas
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cP –Continental Polar Cold dry air coming from high latitudes
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cA –Continental Arctic Extremely Cold dry air coming from high latitudes
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Fronts Any Boundary between two different air masses Generally means a change in weather Four Types
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Cold Front
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Warm Front
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Stationary Front
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Occluded Front
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Where are the Fronts? L
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