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Weather Fronts and Air Masses: Definitions and Characteristics

Learn about air masses, fronts, and weather patterns. Understand the characteristics of maritime polar, continental tropical, maritime tropical, and continental polar air masses. Discover the different types of fronts such as warm fronts, cold fronts, stationary fronts, and occluded fronts. Dive into the associated weather patterns for each front type.

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Weather Fronts and Air Masses: Definitions and Characteristics

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  1. Abbreviation Air Mass Character. Definitions Name that Front 1 Name that Front 2 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt

  2. mP

  3. What is maritime polar?

  4. cT

  5. What is continental tropical?

  6. mT

  7. What is maritime tropical?

  8. cP

  9. What is continental polar?

  10. This part of the air mass abbreviation is always capitalized

  11. What is temperature?

  12. The two characteristics of an air mass

  13. What are humidity and temperature?

  14. Dry and cold

  15. What is a continental polar air mass ?

  16. wet and warm

  17. What is a maritime tropical?

  18. Dry and warm

  19. What is continental tropical?

  20. Wet and cold

  21. What is maritime polar?

  22. The boundary where two or more air masses meet

  23. What is a front?

  24. A large body of air with a characteristic humidity and temperature

  25. What is an air mass?

  26. The area where an air mass forms

  27. What is a source region?

  28. The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place

  29. What is weather?

  30. The amount of water in the atmosphere

  31. What is humidity?

  32. This type of front occurs when a warm air mass “pushes” a cold air mass away from an area.

  33. What is a warm front?

  34. This type of front occurs when a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet, but neither one moves.

  35. What is a stationary front?

  36. This type of front occurs when a warm air mass gets “sandwiched” between two cooler air masses.

  37. What is an occluded front?

  38. This type of front occurs when a cold air mass “pushes” a warm air mass out of an area.

  39. What is a cold front?

  40. What is the symbol for an occluded front?

  41. Off and on light showers

  42. What type of weather is associated with a warm front?

  43. Rain and clouds for many days

  44. What weather is associated with a stationary front?

  45. Intense, brief storms.

  46. What weather is associated with a cold front?

  47. Light rain followed by heavier downpours

  48. What type of weather is associated with an occluded front?

  49. Thunderstorms are associated with this type of front.

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