The description of a climate from the options provided is mild summers and warm winters. This statement reflects the long-term typical weather patterns for a given place, whereas the other options describe specific weather events or phenomena.
An air mass is a large body of air with similar pressure, temperature and humidity
conditions. The weather changes when a different air mass moves over us. In some places at
some times, air masses move quickly and often, causing the weather to change almost daily.
In other places and times, air masses stay in one spot, causing the same weather for weeks
or months in a row.
Air masses can be cold or warm, wet or dry based on where they form. They don't mix when
they come in contact with each other because the air is always of varying densities. So a
warm air mass will move above a cooler air mass, probably causing precipitation and
storms. We call the edge of an air mass where it meets another a front or weather front.
Climate is the normal weather for a given place over a long period of time. Climates are
based on the kinds of air masses usually found there.
Which of these is a description of a climate?
a heavy snowstorm
a cold air mass
mild summers and warm winters
partly cloudy with a chance of rain
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