Air Masses

• continental 



  comes across the dry land of Europe and Asia
• tropical 


  comes from the south and brings warm air from Africa and the Mediterranean
• Polar 


  Comes from the North and causes the temperature to drop

   
• maritime


  Brings moisture form the Atlantic Ocean
• Arctic maritime 


  Brings cold clear weather as well as rain for October to May
• Polar maritime


  brings cold, wet weather could come anytime
• tropical maritime

  it is the prevailing wind, brings warm wet weather summer months
• tropical continental

  brings warm dry summer weather summer months
• Polar continental

  brings cold dry weather from siberia november - april