1- If an area is described as a "good air mass source region," What information can you give about it?
2- It is summer. What type of afternoon weather would you expect from an air mass designated as maritime tropical? Explain.
3- Why is continental polar air not welcome to the Central plains in winter and yet very welcome in summer?
4- Explain why the central United States is not a good air mass source region?
7- List the temperatures and moisture characteristics of each of major air mass types?
9- Why are maritime polar air masses along the East Coast of the United States usually colder than those along the nation's West Coast? Why are they also less prevalent?