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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Rain remains absent from Houston’s forecast Despite the increasingly humid air mass settling into Southeast Texas, rain chances stay stubbornly low.
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Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Heat domes are associated with a stagnant air mass and record-challenging heat, Kines said.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
The cooler air mass should keep temperatures in the 60s or lower on Tuesday, while a persistent north wind and cloudy skies should create cooler conditions through the end of the week.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
The air mass will overall warm, however, as low-level winds shift to the southwest.
—Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
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Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Heat domes are associated with a stagnant air mass and record-challenging heat, Kines said.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
The cooler air mass should keep temperatures in the 60s or lower on Tuesday, while a persistent north wind and cloudy skies should create cooler conditions through the end of the week.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
The air mass will overall warm, however, as low-level winds shift to the southwest.
—Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Air mass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20mass. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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