Question

An air mass, shown in the image below, that forms over parts of Mexico, Texas, and Arizona will be a _______.

Answer 1

The correct answer is - continental tropical air mass.

If an air mass forms over a land mass, than that air mass is of continental type. Depending on the location of the area where the air masses are forming, they can be cold or warm. In this case, we have an area that is warm, part of which is near the tropics, part bordering with them, thus we will have the formation of a continental tropical air mass.

This type of air masses is characterized by being hot and dry. That results in hot weather, usually with a period of drought, thus very dry. This type of air masses often cause lot of damage to the crops, but also can affect the human health, especially the elderly people.

Answer 2

Answer:

continental tropical air mass

Explanation:

• The air mass has the capacity to form over the land and well as the ocean bodies and so does its temperature that remains constant and uniform being located in the tropical zones that are warm and humid and have winds that move form below and are characterized by the most severe weather systems that develop in the coastal areas.

• The state of Arizona and Mexico thus experience the warm and dry winds that blow towards the heated lands in summers and move up to the polar areas as described in the figure.