How to Use air mass in a Sentence

air mass

noun
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  • Dew points in the teens and 20s mean that this air mass is quite dry, too.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The longer the fetch, the more time the cold, dry air mass has to suck up warm water along the way.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Each day the sun works on the air mass and warms it just a little bit.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2021
  • But if the air mass could moisten up and douse some of the flames, that would help.
    — Matt Day, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
  • But sometimes an air mass in one part of the world stalls out.
    — Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 6 Jan. 2018
  • The air mass is dry and the winds pick up to deliver a wind chill that feels like the 30s at times.
    — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2020
  • This is still a dry air mass, with dew points in the single digits for much of the day.
    — Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The cold snap is due to a dry air mass over the U.P., and should clear up by Saturday, Michels said.
    — Emma Keith, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The remnants of a cold front stalled out just to the southeast of the District with a warm and humid air mass in place.
    — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
  • But when the super-wet air mass meets mountains or hills, a lot pours out.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Bomb cyclones form when a cold air mass meets a warmer one, and warm air is drawn into the storm.
    — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Confidence: High Tonight: A light breeze from the southwest starts to bring in a milder air mass.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
  • In other words, the air mass over the Bay Area might tap into bits of moisture out of the northwest.
    — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Nov. 2022
  • This warm air mass will raise the snow levels well above the Cascade passes.
    — OregonLive.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • In the atmosphere at this time of year, pressure builds up in air masses over the Great Basin, east of the state.
    — Wired, 8 Oct. 2019
  • This will bring a warm, mild air mass from the south central plains to Wisconsin.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Thayer noted that the lake serves as a runway of sorts for the wind to lift an air mass up above the mountains.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2021
  • It’s a rather raw marine air mass, with daytime highs only in the low-to-mid 50s most spots.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Even that will soon look like a tropical air mass, though.
    — Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Plenty of sunshine and a dry, pleasant air mass in place.
    — NBC News, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Derechos tend to form in summer along the northern edge of a hot and humid air mass.
    — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • Soupy is probably the best word to describe our air mass right now.
    — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
  • How warm and wet is the air mass over Western Washington tonight?
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • This weekend, the cold air mass and the wind brought wind chills in the single digits along with more than an inch of snowfall.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
  • The coldest air mass so far this winter is expected at the start of next week.
    — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Some 20 states could see snow from the storm thanks to an unusually cold air mass.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
  • This air mass will move east into the western Great Lakes and the upper Midwest.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The good news is that by Wednesday the arctic air mass will moderate.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Highs are only in the upper 40s to low 50s as another very dry air mass moves into the area.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Another worry is that lack of ice cover leaves the lakes more prone to lake-effect snow, which requires warm open water and a cold, dry air mass.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024

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