steezy Posted December 1, 2005 Report Posted December 1, 2005 rember also as the temp decreeses the humidity goes up. that doesnt sound right dude Quote
VTmark Posted December 1, 2005 Report Posted December 1, 2005 (edited) i thought thats how it works. when air temp decrease the mucils group up (contrat) leaving less space for the water vapor to occpuy. creating a higher relelitive humity. :scratch head: Edited December 1, 2005 by VTmark Quote
Luke Posted December 1, 2005 Report Posted December 1, 2005 I've always noticed humidity go down with the temp. ..... It also always seems to get really dry when it gets cold. Most of the cold here is brought by these bands of storms that push all the moisture (humidity) in front of them and once they pass the cold air follows with relatively low humidity. It's 1 AM and I'm tired so I could be wrong here... Quote
steezy Posted December 1, 2005 Report Posted December 1, 2005 i thought thats how it works. when air temp decrease the mucils group up (contrat) leaving less space for the water vapor to occpuy. creating a higher relelitive humity. :scratch head: your logic sounds right here, but like luke said below I think when it gets cold out the humidity drops. Now this could be because it is so cold that the water vapor(humidity) freezes and falls to the ground.... aka snow.... but idk cause im defently not a weather man or a science man at that. Can anyone help?? Quote
skidude Posted December 1, 2005 Report Posted December 1, 2005 For snowmaking the idea conditions are low humidity, and low temps. If the temp is 35 degress, and the humidity is 0% you could probably make snow (it would be crappy snow, but still snow) If the temp was 29 degrees but the humidity was 98% you might not be able to make snow that well. Quote
lurker Posted December 1, 2005 Report Posted December 1, 2005 (edited) your logic sounds right here, but like luke said below I think when it gets cold out the humidity drops. Now this could be because it is so cold that the water vapor(humidity) freezes and falls to the ground.... aka snow.... but idk cause im defently not a weather man or a science man at that. Can anyone help?? Sorry guys, humidity always rises when it gets cold, unless something really bizarre is going on. VTMark was right. Lets take today for instance. This morning, 6am Humidity - 77% Temp 36. By 1 PM the Temp was 41 and the humidity 61%. At 9 PM the humidity will be 84% with the temp 32. It doesn't seem this way because you can't feel the humidity as much when the temperature drops. I believe it happens because the warm temperatures sort of pull the humidity up, but thats just a guess. It makes snowmaking harder than it would appear, because the humidity can be rising as fast as the temperature is falling. Edit: Oh yeah, and they're going to need lower temperatures than that chart for the type of guns they're running, I believe. I'm sure they'll be making snow whenever they can (which will be really soon!) Accuweather calls for below freezing temperatures for approx. 180 straight hours starting friday! Edited December 1, 2005 by lurker Quote
mtnbiker99x Posted December 1, 2005 Report Posted December 1, 2005 (edited) Edit: Oh yeah, and they're going to need lower temperatures than that chart for the type of guns they're running, I believe. I'm sure they'll be making snow whenever they can (which will be really soon!) Accuweather calls for below freezing temperatures for approx. 180 straight hours starting friday! Yeah that chart is just ball park, you need slightly lower numbers. Here is another chart: http://www.backyardblizzard.com/guide.htm Edited December 1, 2005 by mtnbiker99x Quote
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