Air Masses and Fronts
_____ occur when two _____ meet.
Fronts, air masses
The meteorologist says there's a cold front moving in. How will you prepare?
Get inside the house and close the windows because a storm is coming!
Select all of the answers that apply. Which of the following characteristics must an air mass have?
It has a uniform temperature and humidity. It must be over 1,000 miles or more in size. It flows as one unit.
cyclone
a severe storm
When a cold front overruns a warm front, trapping it against another cold air mass, it produces ______.
an occluded front
source region
area over which an air mass forms
air mass
large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity
Warm fronts and stationary fronts can bring _____.
light precipitation
A mid-latitude cyclone occurs when two different air masses begin to spin around a ______-pressure center.
low
A continental tropical air mass formed over the Southwest U.S. This area is called its _______.
source region
When describing a maritime polar air mass, you might say it formed over _______ and is ______ .
water, cold and moist
front
where two different air masses meet
