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Maritime tropical (mT): Warm temperatures with copious moisture. Maritime tropical air masses are most common across. the eastern USA and originate over the warm waters of the southern Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. These air. masses can form year round, but they are most prevalent across the USA during summer.
Accordingly, what weather does maritime tropical bring?
They can bring anything from tropical warm and humid days to arctic cold depending on the type of air mass. Fronts form the boundaries of air masses with differing properties. The most severe weather usually occurs when dry-cold continental polar air clashes with warm-humid maritime tropical air.
In respect to this, is maritime tropical dry or humid?
Maritime air masses form over water and are humid. Continental air masses form over land and are dry. Therefore, an air mass that develops over northern Canada is called a continental polar air mass and is cold and dry. One that forms over the Indian Ocean is called a maritime tropical air mass and is warm and humid.
The warm waters conduct heat toward the low levels of the atmosphere. Temperatures in this air mass warm to highs in the 80's and 90's in the summer and the 60's and 70's in winter. High dewpoints (generally greater than 50 F) characterize mT air.