AIR MASSES

Air Mass- extremely large body of air whose properties of temperature and  moisture are
fairly similar in any horizontal direction.

Low Pressure System- air mass system with generally cloudy and rainy weather which
spins counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere.

High Pressure System- air mass system that is generally cool with clear skies with winds
blowing outward in a clockwise fashion in the northern hemisphere.

Isobars- lines of equal pressure.

Winds are always named by the direction they blow FROM.
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