Warm Up What is an air mass? What are the four different types of air masses that effect weather in the United States? Time’s Up!

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Warm Up What is an air mass? What are the four different types of air masses that effect weather in the United States? Time’s Up!

Air Masses and Fronts

Air Masses An air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and humidity Can be HOT, COLD, WET, DRY

North America Where would you expect to find cold air masses? Warm air masses?

Air Mass Animation ce/terc/content/visualizations/es2001/es2001 page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization ce/terc/content/visualizations/es2001/es2001 page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization Named based on their origin!

Types of air masses affecting the weather of the U.S. 1. Continental polar (cP) Cold, dry, and stable Originates in Canada and influences Northern U.S. Responsible for clear, pleasant weather during the summer – Why? Responsible for lake effects snow around the Great Lakes in winter – Why?

Types of air masses affecting the weather of the U.S. 2.Maritime polar (mP) Cool, unstable, and moist Originates over icy waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and mainly influences Pacific Northwest and Northeast

Types of air masses affecting the weather of the U.S. 3.Continental Tropical Warm, stable, and dry Originates over Mexico and affects the Midwest Responsible for hot dry summers and warm dry winters – Why?

Types of air masses affecting the weather of the U.S. 4. Maritime Tropical Warm, unstable, and moist Originates over southern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and mainly influences Pacific Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast

What type of weather would the following air masses bring?

Lab: Diagram and label each air mass affecting the U.S. Color code your diagram.

Fronts The Earth has 4 major air masses, two warm ones and two cold ones. When those air masses run into each other, the place where they meet is called a front. Fronts are responsible for all kinds of weather like snow and storms. Study Jams air masses and fronts

What happens when air masses run into each other? FRONTS! Air masses don’t mix together The boundary where the air masses meet is called a front Study Jams air masses and fronts Example: The warm front is moving to the North East.

Fronts animation ce/terc/content/visualizations/es2002/es2002 page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization ce/terc/content/visualizations/es2002/es2002 page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

Cold Front Cold dense air moves in and pushes warm air out of the way Cold fronts move very quickly and bring short periods of rain/thunderstorms Lower temperatures are behind the front SYMBOL – the direction of the “arrows” points towards the direction the front is MOVING

A cold front

Warm Front Warm air moves up the cold front as it slowly displaces and overtakes the cold air Warm fronts move slowly, and bring many days of steady precipitation Higher temperatures are behind the front SYMBOL – direction of “half-moons” is the direction the front is moving

Warm front

Stationary front Created when cold and warm masses meet but neither one has enough force to move the other out of the way. The water vapor in the warm air condenses into rain, fog, snow, clouds. Can bring many days of precipitation

Occluded front Is created when a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses. The two denser cooler air masses cut off the warm air mass from the ground. As the warm air mass cools, it may turn cloudy, rainy or snowy.

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