Yes, very interesting, Roger! It makes sense when you think about it - which I hadn't done! Brian Roger Stoops wrote: > Not to mimimize the importance of the topic under discussion, which has > merit... > > The statements "temps of 30+C do not hold as much water as lower > temperatures" and "air at 40C is holding as much water as it can...It is > maxxed out!!" are not entirely accurate, as discussed at this website > http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadClouds.html . Air does not hold > water (although years ago that's what I had been taught!). > > Time for the weekend! > > Roger > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Kozlyk [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:42 PM > Subject: Re: Do we exaggerate? > > The way I understand it; > > RELATIVE humidity means "relative" to the temperature you are specifying > the humidity level to. Yes, temps of 30+C do not hold as much water as > lower temperatures. That is why it is stated as RELATIVE. So you still > can have 100% humidity even at 40+C, that is, the air at 40C is holding > as much water as it can. It is maxxed out !! > > Regards > TDK > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joe Fjelstad > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:05 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] Do we exaggerate? > > Interesting question, Brian. The answer is probably "Yes, we exaggerate" > most of the time but could also be "It depends" on occasion. As you > know, military applications have driven much of standardization based > on their wide ranging needs which stretch to the extremes. 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