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air mass
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A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
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tropical
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A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure.
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polar
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A cold air mass that forms north of 50° north latitude or south of 50° south latitude and has high air pressure.
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maritime
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A humid air mass that forms over oceans.
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continental
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A dry air mass that forms over land.
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front
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The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix.
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occuluded
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Cut off, as in a front where a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses.
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cyclone
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A swirling center of low air pressure.
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anticyclone
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A high-pressure center of dry air.
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storm
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A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.
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