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

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

15. Where are the Fronts? L

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