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30 Cards in this Set
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mE
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Maritime Equatorial
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mE Region
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equatorial oceans
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mE char.
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ascending very high
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mE weather
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high temps and humidity; heavy moister content rainfal; never reaches the US
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mT
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Maritime tropical
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mT- region
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tropical and subtropical
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mT- char.
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subsiding air; fairly stable but some instability on western side of oceans warm and humid
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mT- weather
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high temp and humidity; cumulus clouds, convectional rain in summer; mild temps, overcast skies, fog, drizzle and occasional snowfall in winter; heavy prep. along mT/ cP fronts in all seasons
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cT
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Continental tropical
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cT- region
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desserts and dry plateaus of subtropical latitudes
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mT- region
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tropical and subtropical
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mT- char.
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subsiding air; fairly stable but some instability on western side of oceans warm and humid
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mT- weather
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high temp and humidity; cumulus clouds, convectional rain in summer; mild temps, overcast skies, fog, drizzle and occasional snowfall in winter; heavy prep. along mT/ cP fronts in all seasons
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cT
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Continental tropical
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cT- region
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desserts and dry plateaus of subtropical latitudes
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cT - char.
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subsiding airlofts; generally stabe but some local instability at surface; hot and very dry
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cT- weather
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high temps; low humitity; clear skies rare precp.
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mP
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Maritime POLAR
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mP- regions
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oceans between 40 and 60 deg lat
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mP- char.
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ascending air and general instability especially in winter; mild and moist
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mP- weather
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mild temps, high humitiy; overcast skies and frequent fogs and precipitation essecully during winter; clear skies, and fair weather common in the summer; heavy orographic precipitation, including winter snow, along cP/ mT fronts
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cP
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continental Polar
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cP- regions
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plains and plateaus of subpolar and polar lat.
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cP- char.
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subsiding and stable air; especially in winter; cold and dry
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cP- weather
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cool (summer) to very cold (winter) temp, low humidity; clear skies except along fronts; heavy prec., including winter snow, along cP/mT fronts
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cA
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continental Arctic
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cA- region
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Arctic ocean, greenland and Antarctica
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cA- char
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subsiding very stable air; very cold and very dry
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cA- weather
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seldom reaches the US, but when it does bitter cold, subzero temps, clear skies, often calm conditions
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5 types of air masses the influence the US
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cA, cP, mP, mT, and cT
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