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What is Continental Air Mass?

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture from oceans or large water bodies.

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Glossary

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...