1. What are the four main types of air masses? What does each letter stand for? mT= Maritime TropicalmP= Maritime PolarcP = Continental PolarcT = Continental Tropical
2. Which kind of air mass(es) do you think brings hurricanes? Maritime Tropical
3. Which kind of air mass(es) do you think brings drought? Continental Tropical
4. Which kind of air mass(es) brings lake-effect snowstorms? Continental Tropical
5. Today we learned about the four main types of air masses. In reality, there any many more than four. What are two others? Explain them. A = Arctic H = Highland
A = Arctic is cold air from Canada
H = Highland occurs in regions with large elevation changes over short distance