air mass
noun
: a body of air extending hundreds or thousands of miles horizontally and sometimes as high as the stratosphere and maintaining as it travels nearly uniform conditions of temperature and humidity at any given level
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However, an air mass can sometimes block a storm, driving it north or northeast toward the Baja California peninsula and the west coast of Mexico.
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Matthew Bloch, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2024
Frost will be more limited on Saturday night as a milder air mass continues to build into the area.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
For awhile, forecasters didn’t give the unstable air mass much of a chance to develop into a tropical storm, let alone a monster hurricane.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Our soupy air mass promotes the chance for some hit-or-miss downpours into the evening.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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Matthew Bloch, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2024
Frost will be more limited on Saturday night as a milder air mass continues to build into the area.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
For awhile, forecasters didn’t give the unstable air mass much of a chance to develop into a tropical storm, let alone a monster hurricane.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Our soupy air mass promotes the chance for some hit-or-miss downpours into the evening.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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“Air mass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20mass. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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