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Chapter 29 Air Masses and Fronts. Air Masses A huge section of the lower troposphere that has the same kind of weather throughout.

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1 Chapter 29 Air Masses and Fronts

2 Air Masses A huge section of the lower troposphere that has the same kind of weather throughout

3 Types of air masses mT –Maritime Tropical Warm Moist Air usually over tropical waters

4 mP –Maritime Polar Cold Humid air coming from over cold ocean waters

5 cT –Continental Tropical Hot dry Air originating over desert areas

6 cP –Continental Polar Cold dry air coming from high latitudes

7 cA –Continental Arctic Extremely Cold dry air coming from high latitudes

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9 Fronts Any Boundary between two different air masses Generally means a change in weather Four Types

10 Cold Front

11 Warm Front

12 Stationary Front

13 Occluded Front

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15 Where are the Fronts? L

16 L H L


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