How to Use air mass in a Sentence

air mass

noun
  • Dew points in the teens and 20s mean that this air mass is quite dry, too.
    Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The longer the fetch, the more time the cold, dry air mass has to suck up warm water along the way.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Each day the sun works on the air mass and warms it just a little bit.
    BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2021
  • This is still a dry air mass, with dew points in the single digits for much of the day.
    Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The remnants of a cold front stalled out just to the southeast of the District with a warm and humid air mass in place.
    Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Bomb cyclones form when a cold air mass meets a warmer one, and warm air is drawn into the storm.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Confidence: High Tonight: A light breeze from the southwest starts to bring in a milder air mass.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
  • In other words, the air mass over the Bay Area might tap into bits of moisture out of the northwest.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Thayer noted that the lake serves as a runway of sorts for the wind to lift an air mass up above the mountains.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2021
  • It’s a rather raw marine air mass, with daytime highs only in the low-to-mid 50s most spots.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Even that will soon look like a tropical air mass, though.
    Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Plenty of sunshine and a dry, pleasant air mass in place.
    NBC News, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Soupy is probably the best word to describe our air mass right now.
    Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
  • How warm and wet is the air mass over Western Washington tonight?
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • This weekend, the cold air mass and the wind brought wind chills in the single digits along with more than an inch of snowfall.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
  • The coldest air mass so far this winter is expected at the start of next week.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Some 20 states could see snow from the storm thanks to an unusually cold air mass.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
  • This air mass will move east into the western Great Lakes and the upper Midwest.
    Max Golembo, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The good news is that by Wednesday the arctic air mass will moderate.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The first colder air mass will infiltrate the East over the next couple of days and into the weekend.
    Judson Jones, CNN, 17 Nov. 2021
  • This cold air mass was also responsible for the first snow of the season across the Great Lakes and the Midwest.
    Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Forecasters said north winds on the back side of Ian will bring in a much cooler and drier air mass.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 28 Sep. 2022
  • On Friday morning, a base camp in Chico was consumed by smoke and a stable air mass hung over the fire.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2021
  • High pressure remains in place, but the air mass warms considerably with highs in the low to mid-50s.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Clouds will begin to thin out Thursday as a warmer air mass moves into the region.
    oregonlive, 28 June 2022
  • Tomorrow night: Like the previous two nights, the clear skies and chilly air mass (for the time of year) allow for a cool, crisp night.
    Washington Post, 9 May 2022
  • This should help cut back on the unstable air mass that’s been over southern Oregon and east of the Cascades.
    oregonlive, 23 June 2021
  • The new video of the fire tornado likely explains a swirling air mass picked up by NWS radars on June 29, the agency said.
    Emma Talley, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 July 2021
  • The system’s cold front will usher in a chilly, windy air mass that will quickly envelop most of the Bay Area.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This can happen when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean waters.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 22 Dec. 2022

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