Airmass Analysis
Please note: airmass analysis done primarily
over the middle of the country.
To determine the airmasses over the United States, surface maps were
used.
- mT - Maritime Tropical describes warm and moist air.
- cP - Continental Polar describes cool and dry air.
- mP - Maritime Polar describes cool and moist air.
- cA - Continental Arctic describes cold and dry air.







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