During the winter, maritime polar air masses that affect weather in North America come from the North Pacific. Such air masses often begin as cP air masses in Siberia. The cold, dry continental polar air changes into relatively mild, humid, unstable maritime polar air during its long journey across the North Pacific, as shown in Figure 7. As
Wollongong [18] [19] is a city in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. Heading south, Wollongong starts where Sydney finishes. It is the third largest city in the state behind Sydney and Newcastle and is thinly wedged on a coastal plain between an escarpment and the Pacific Ocean. It is pronounced Wool-on-gong.
Wollongong (2500) is a suburb of South Coast, Wollongong & Illawarra, New South Wales. It is about 68 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Wollongong is in the federal electorate of Cunningham. In the 2011 census the population of Wollongong was 16,718 and is comprised of approximately 48.6% females and 51.4% males. The median/average age of the people in Wollongong is 32 years of age. 58.2% of people living in the suburb of Wollongong were born in Australia.