What is the temperature and humidity of a continental tropical air mass?
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Asked by: Jeff Edwards
What is the temperature of a continental tropical air mass?
Continental tropical air masses very rarely form during winter, but they usually keep the Desert Southwest scorching above 100 degrees Fahrenheit during summer.
Is Continental tropical dry or humid?
Continental air masses are characterized by dry air near the surface while maritime air masses are moist. Polar air masses are characterized by cold air near the surface while tropical air masses are warm or hot.
What type of humidity do continental air masses have?
Maritime air masses form over water and are humid. Continental air masses form over land and are dry. Therefore, an air mass that develops over northern Canada is called a continental polar air mass and is cold and dry. One that forms over the Indian Ocean is called a maritime tropical air mass and is warm and humid.
What air mass is warm and humid?
Tropical
Tropical, or warm air masses form in the tropics and have low air pressure. Maritime air masses form over oceans and are humid. Warm, humid air masses form over oceans near the tropics.
What is continental tropical air mass?
The continental Tropical (cT) air mass originates in arid or desert regions in the middle or lower latitudes, principally during the summer season. It is strongly heated in general, but its moisture content is so low that the intense dry convection normally fails to reach the condensation level.
Why are continental air masses dry?
If that same polar air mass moves south from Canada into the southern U.S. it will pick up some of the warmth of the ground, but due to lack of moisture it remains very dry. This is called a continental polar air mass (cP).
What air mass has the highest humidity?
maritime air masses
Air masses that form over the ocean, called maritime air masses, are more humid than those that form over land, called continental air masses. The second part of the name describes the temperature of the air mass, which depends on the latitude where it formed.
