The median wage for veterinary technicians was $29,710 according to the latest salary data (2010) from the BLS. Earnings reported in May 2010 varied from under $20,500 ($9.85 per hour) to more than $44,030 ($21.17 per hour). Wages for veterinary technicians can vary based on years of experience and specialty skills.
Polar air masses are characterized by cold air near the surface while tropical air masses are warm or hot. Arctic air masses are extremely cold. Continental polar (cP) or continental arctic (cA) air masses are cold, dry, and stable. These air masses originate over northern Canada and Alaska as a result of radiational cooling. They move southward, east of Rockies into the Plains, then eastward.
Polar continental: Cold and dry this air mass typically is sourced from high latitudes, usually as air flowing out over the snowfields of Eastern Europe and Russia. Polar continental air often brings the bone-shivering cold, dry, clear and frosty weather on a winterâs day, as well as dry and warm weather on a balmy day in summer. The lowest temperatures across UK land usually take place in this air mass, with lower than -10C at night temperatures and sometimes below freezing single figures all day.