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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Frost will be more limited on Saturday night as a milder air mass continues to build into the area.
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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
This bout of storms is caused by a cool air mass from Canada meeting the heat dome that has brought extreme temperatures across much of the Lower 48 in recent weeks, the weather service said.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 16 July 2024
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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
This bout of storms is caused by a cool air mass from Canada meeting the heat dome that has brought extreme temperatures across much of the Lower 48 in recent weeks, the weather service said.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 16 July 2024
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“Air mass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20mass. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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