Air Masses

The four main types of air masses are cT, mT, cP, and mT. C stands for continental which is dry, T stands for tropical which is warm, M stands for maritime which is wet, and P stands for Polar which is cold. I think the maritime tropical is most likely to bring hurricanes because they are off the coast, and the are warm and wet. The air mass that I think would most likely bring a drought is the continental tropical because it is warm and it is dry. I think that continental polar is most likely to bring lake-effect snowstorms because it is very dry and cold, so it wouldn't melt snow. =D The arctic air mass has pretty much the same characteristics as polar, except it is much colder with lower dew points. Highland occurs in regions with large elevation changes over short distances.