But it's a dry heat....

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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No, my point is that 90% RH at 104 deg. F. is not a set of conditions one
will find in the surface atmosphere. People often assume that the
humidity
is much higher than it actually is when the weather is warm.

Which is probably how the folks in Chicago were describing it to us. Having
been there in the summer just a few times, I do know you just get wringing
wet just standing outside.

On the other end, I also recall a few episodes of shoveling snow, here in
Colorado, wearing only a light jacket. And, no, it wasn't that the exercise
was keeping me warm. We get nice fluffy powder, the easterners/northerners
get slush.

At 104 deg. F.,
50% RH would be awfully uncomfortable; 90% RH would be, if not impossible,
damned near it.

Sometimes, the "near impossible" happens :~)

My in-laws live in Scottsdale, and I've been there a few times during the
summer (dragged kicking and screaming). It's so amazing to be in such heat
and your shirt is bone dry, contrasted with the wringing wet mentioned
earlier, in the high 80's, low-mid 90's.


Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO