1. What are the 4 main types of air masses? What does each letter stand for?
mT (m=martime and T=tropical), mP (martime and P=polar), cT (c=continental and T=tropical)
cP (c=continental and P= polar).
2. Which kind of air mass is most likely to bring hurricanes? Why?
mT because its in the warm wet part, which is where most hurricanes happens.
3. Which kind of air mass(es) is most likely to bring a drought? Why?
cT because its in the hotter parts near desserts.
4. Which kind of air mass(es) bring lake-effect snowstorms? (check p. 561)
cP because its the cold area where this happens
5. Today we learned about the 4 main types of air masses. In reality, there are many more than four. List and explain 2 other air masses.
Arctic and Highland