RE: [ST] Not DEW POINT & RH in South Texas

["Heyer, Matthew A." <mheyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

The point is that you cannot have more than 100% relative humidity.
Refer to a thermodynamics book.  Relative humidity is the percentage of
water vapor in the air compared to the maximum absolute humidity (or
maximum water vapor that the air can hold before being saturated).  Once
you have 100% relative humidity (meaning that you are at the maximum
absolute humidity) the air is saturated and water vapor will condense
out of the air.

The reason for using relative humidity is because absolute humidity
varies with the temperature of the air.

Matt Heyer



<<snip

Kevin and All:
	I know the weather I suffered through in South Texas was NOT 112
with an RH of 
32%. It was just as I stated with RH quoted, not "dew point".
	My "weather guessers" aboard ship along with MY BODY told me
that we were 
having 100+ temps and extremely high RH going into 132% in June & July.
This is 
fact backed up by real data. I know that the National Weather Service
can 
provide seasonal data info from a given date/time.
	You can play weatherman all you want. Take yourself down to
beautiful Corpus 
Christi or Ingleside and spend some time there. I hope you enjoy the
fine South 
Texas climate.
Don't forget to bring another shirt,
Snip>>



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