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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Unstable air could fuel storms Friday is the main concern as a very unstable air mass moves in and could fuel severe storms, especially in the afternoon and evening.
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Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
Once the front clears the area Saturday night, a much cooler air mass will settle in for the second half of the weekend.
—Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Behind the front, wind flow is shifting out of the north and northeast, reinforcing the cooler air mass.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
South Florida will be unseasonably cool this week, as a passing cold front ushers in a dry, breezy air mass that will dominate weather for most of the week.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
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Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026
Once the front clears the area Saturday night, a much cooler air mass will settle in for the second half of the weekend.
—Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Behind the front, wind flow is shifting out of the north and northeast, reinforcing the cooler air mass.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
South Florida will be unseasonably cool this week, as a passing cold front ushers in a dry, breezy air mass that will dominate weather for most of the week.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Air mass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20mass. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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