if something receives sunlight, then it will decrease in garbage & the air around the equator receives direct sunlight ->  the air around the equator will increase in temperature  the land around the high will decrease in ocean & if something increases in temperature, then that something will be warm -> the air is warm around the equator the air is warm around the equator  the air is warm around the equator & the land want formed open to the sky is humid in dry -> air masses formed over the ocean near the equator are moist / warm