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| Abbreviation that idicates a warm air mass that contains large amounts of water vapor | mT |
| cP (continental polar) is an air mass that forms over | very cold regions of land |
| mP is an air mass that forms over? | cold oceans |
| Name a place that has air masses that are cT | Florida |
| When pressure rapidly decreases what is the weather like? | bad weather/ humid and stormy (low and lousy) |
| A station model with 3 long feathers and one short feather has a wind speed of ? | 35 knots |
| When relative humidity is 100% what happens to the atomosphere ? | it becomes completely saturated and it rains |
| When temperature cools to the dewpoint what forms? | clouds / rain |
| If temperature is 75 degrees and dewpoint is 30 degrees, what kind of day is it? | a clear day (dry day) |
| If temperature is 60 degrees and dewpoint is 59 degrees what kind of day is it? | a cloudy day |
| when warm air rises what happens? | it expands and cools |
| When cool air sinks what happens? | it compresses and warms |
| If the isobars on a weather map are close together what does this indicate? | a steep pressure gradient |
| steep pressure gradients cause what type of weather conditions? | strong winds |
| Where can you find air pressure on a station model? | top right |
| when looking at air masses what does c stand for? | continental (land / dry) |
| what type of air mass m stand for | maritime ( moist / wet) |
| what type of air mass does T stand for | Tropical (warm) |
| which type air mss does p stand for | polar (cold) |
| How would 1030.0 be represented on a station model? | 300 |
| What kind of weather do you find in the north? | cold |
| What kind of weather do you find in the south? | warm |
| why does moist air rise? | bc its less dense then air |
