How to Use air mass in a Sentence

air mass

noun
  • This new air mass will also help to dry us out.
    Steven Sosna, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • But sometimes an air mass in one part of the world stalls out.
    Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 6 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Dew points in the teens and 20s mean that this air mass is quite dry, too.
    Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • That cold air mass will also move eastward.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
  • But when the super-wet air mass meets mountains or hills, a lot pours out.
    Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2019
  • 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, 2 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • This is still a dry air mass, with dew points in the single digits for much of the day.
    Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Soupy is probably the best word to describe our air mass right now.
    Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Expect the cooler, drier air mass to stick around.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Our soupy air mass promotes the chance for some hit-or-miss downpours into the evening.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
  • The coldest air mass so far this winter is expected at the start of next week.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The good news for residents is that the Arctic air mass will not linger.
    Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Derechos tend to form in summer along the northern edge of a hot and humid air mass.
    Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • This can happen when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean waters.
    Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 22 Dec. 2022
  • This warm air mass will raise the snow levels well above the Cascade passes.
    OregonLive.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The frigid temperatures are due to a cold air mass that has locked in place over the region.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
  • This will bring a warm, mild air mass from the south central plains to Wisconsin.
    Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • This will bring a warm, mild air mass from the south central plains to Wisconsin.
    Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • After the cold front has passed, the air mass will be chilly and unsettled behind it.
    Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Some 20 states could see snow from the storm thanks to an unusually cold air mass.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
  • There will be a brief break in the stormy weather on Thursday as a drier air mass moves in.
    Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • That is all out ahead of an arctic air mass that spills cold air, with an area of low pressure rolling through the region.
    Michael Autovino, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The good news is that by Wednesday the arctic air mass will moderate.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
  • How warm and wet is the air mass over Western Washington tonight?
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023

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