Can you explain dewpoint to me? I have no idea what it is, and feel like maybe I should.
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Jesse - Jul 21, 2011 4:14:21 pm PDT #17544 of 30001
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sarameg - Jul 21, 2011 4:19:52 pm PDT #17545 of 30001
Temp at which the moisture in the air will start condensing (as dew.) When relative humidity= 100%, dewpoint= actual temp.
msbelle - Jul 21, 2011 4:19:55 pm PDT #17546 of 30001
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sarameg - Jul 21, 2011 4:21:24 pm PDT #17547 of 30001
If I took a glass containing water < = 84, it would start sweating outside right now.
dcp - Jul 21, 2011 4:22:16 pm PDT #17548 of 30001
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Can you explain dewpoint to me?
The temperature to which the air has to drop for the current humidity to condense from gas to liquid.
Jesse - Jul 21, 2011 4:23:46 pm PDT #17549 of 30001
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Oh dear, msbelle. Good luck with that. I feel you, to a certain extent -- if I hadn't gone to stupid grad school, I'd be so rich. Instead, a large chunk of my take-home goes to student loan payments. Ah well.
Temp at which the moisture in the air will start condensing (as dew.) When relative humidity= 100%, dewpoint= actual temp.
OK, I guess I still don't really care about that. Isn't there usually dew in the mornings? Is that because the dewpoint becomes actual temp at some point overnight a lot of the time? I don't understand nature.
Steph L. - Jul 21, 2011 4:25:13 pm PDT #17550 of 30001
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So, the higher the dewpoint temp, the higher the humidity?
smonster - Jul 21, 2011 4:25:27 pm PDT #17551 of 30001
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I am right there with you, msbelle, on all of that.
sarameg - Jul 21, 2011 4:26:02 pm PDT #17552 of 30001
Yes. And you care because the hotter it is, the closer the dewpoint is to actual temp, the nastier it is for us humans.
Steph L. - Jul 21, 2011 4:26:49 pm PDT #17553 of 30001
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Jesse, I think what it means is that if the dewpoint temp is high (like 75 or above), that means it's very very humid: [link]
If I read that right.