Wintertime Atlantic MP Air Masses Are Less Likely to Move

question 14

Multiple Choice

Wintertime Atlantic mP air masses are less likely to move into the United States than those along the Pacific coast primarily because the ____.

• A) water is colder along the Pacific coast
• B) prevailing winds aloft are westerly
• C) source region for mP air on the Atlantic coast is western Europe
• D) water is warmer along the Atlantic coast

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