[CAUT] FW: Temperature/Humidity range

[Chris Solliday]

Thanks Alan for the clarification. Chris Solliday
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] FW: Temperature/Humidity range


> That may well be so in your area. But it is not a causal relationship.
Just
> because the temperature goes up then, that doesn't cause the RH to go up.
In
> fact if the temperature is rising and the RH is also rising, that only
means
> that the absolute amount of water vapor is rising too. Rising, in fact, at
a
> higher rate than the warmer air can absorb, thus increasing the RH.
>
> So the proper word to use in this case is not "will" but "does." The RH
does
> go up, but that it does so is because of the increase in water vapor, not
> because of the increase in temperature.
>
> Alan
>
>
> > From: Chris Solliday <solliday@ptd.net>
> > Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>"
<caut@ptg.org>
> > Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:40:17 -0500
> > To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org>
> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] FW: Temperature/Humidity range
> >
> > I'd like to revise my last reply to Alan, I'll stick with "will" because
> > here when the temperature rises around here in summer the humidity does
> > also. This does imply a rise in water vapor. I realize this is not what
you
> > are addressing but it is what I was saying. I'll will try and be clearer
> > from herer. Nevertheless the site
> > http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/generalag/g828.htm#pc is very helpful and
whether we
> > are concerned with pigpens or concert halls I think the info is well
> > presented. Chris Solliday
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu>
> > To: <caut@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] FW: Temperature/Humidity range
> >
> >
> >> Actually, Chris, for a constant amount of water vapor, as temperature
> > rises,
> >> relative humidity decreases. Relative humidity is the amount of water
> > vapor
> >> in the air relative to the amount of water vapor that the air can hold
at
> >> that temperature (its saturation point). Warmer air can hold more water
> >> vapor.
> >>
> >> So for example given a constant level of water vapor. The temp is 70
and
> > the
> >> RH is 40%. If, ....presto...., the temp is raised to 80, the RH will
> >> decrease to around 30%.
> >>
> >> Check out this page for a more complete explanation:
> >> http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/generalag/g626.htm#tpc
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: Chris Solliday <solliday@ptd.net>
> >>> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>"
> > <caut@ptg.org>
> >>> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:27:32 -0500
> >>> To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org>
> >>> Subject: Re: [CAUT] FW: Temperature/Humidity range
> >>>
> >>> 30 - 60 % is at 68F, the humidity will rise with the temperature and
> > vice
> >>> versa or somethin like that. Essentially you are on the right track
but
> > you
> >>> need to understand that humidty is RELATIVE to the temperature. Chris
> >>> Solliday
> >>
> >>
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