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Heavy snow showers along the western slopes of the Rockies are most likely caused by a
 
  A) continental tropical air mass.
  B) maritime tropical air mass.
  C) continental polar air mass.
  D) maritime polar air mass.

Question 2

If a cool dry day was followed by a warm humid day, you might expect they resulted from which of the following consecutive air masses?
 
  A) maritime tropical (mT) followed by continental polar (cP)
  B) maritime polar (mP) followed by maritime tropical (mT)
  C) continental polar (cP) followed by maritime tropical (mT)
  D) continental tropical (cT) followed by continental polar (cP)


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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


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Reply #2 on: Jul 29, 2018
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