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Refer to figures.
The air mass affecting position "C" is most likely to be:
  • A
    continental polar.
  • B
    continental tropical.
  • C
    maritime tropical.
  • D
    maritime polar.

Refer to figures.

Position "C" is located in west UK. As we can see in the attached figures, this area can be affected by Polar Maritime, Polar Continental, Tropical Maritime and Tropical Continental Air masses.

However, position “C” lies in the warm sector of a cold occlusion => we can expect warm air (meaning that it will be affected by a warm airmass, rather than a cold one).

  • By looking at the isobars, we can conclude that, in the warm sector, we can expect Southwest winds => Tropical Maritime Airmass.
In the cold sector, we can expect Polar Maritime Airmass.

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