Maritime Tropical Air Mass (mT)

Air mass that forms over extensive ocean areas of the low latitudes. Around North America, these system form over the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern tropical Pacific. Maritime Tropical air masses are warm and humid in both winter and summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, maritime tropical air masses can normally stable during the whole year if they have form just west of a continent. If they form just east of a continent, these air masses will be unstable in both winter and summer.