Air Masses & Weather Patterns

An air current in the upper atmosphere that flows from west.

• current

• jet stream

• gulf stream

• polar air flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A flow of air or water in a certain direction.

• air flow

• jet stream

• current

• el nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Hot and dry; Mexico and southwestern USA; only impacts during the summer

• continental tropical air masses

• la nina

• tropical air flow

• continental Arctic air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Warm ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean.

• jet stream

• continental tropical air masses

• gulf stream

• warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cold, dry and stable weather. Forms over Alaska and Canada. Great Lakes get lake effect snow.

• gulf stream

• jet stream

• continental Arctic air

• continental polar air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Warm phase; high air pressure; forms over the Pacific Ocean

• maritime tropical air

• la nina

• gulf stream

• el nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Air current in the upper atmosphere that flows from west to east.

• jet stream

• gulf stream

• current

• air flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cold and dry; forms farther north than Alaska and Canada; usually only in winter

• continental polar air mass

• continental tropical air masses

• continental Arctic air

• current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Warm and very humid; unstable

• el nino

• la nina

• gulf stream

• maritime tropical air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cool phase over the Pacific Ocean

• continental tropical air mass

• el nino

• la nina

• gulf stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5