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Old July 4th 06, 07:17 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Look at the dew point

On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:39:13 -0700, Peter Duniho wrote:

"Ross" wrote in message
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KGYI 041545Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM SCT110 29/21 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W

This is north TX. Anyone want to go flying and it is only 10:30AM.


What am I looking at? Dewpoint of 21C? So what? That's only a relative
humidity of about 60%. Houston, New Orleans, Miami, Orlando, Springfield,
MO, Little Rock, AR, and Washington, DC (just to pick some random well-known
cities east of the Rockies) all have dewpoints at or above 21C this morning.

What's the big deal?


The big deal is that the dew point doesn't match the temperature.
Unusually dry air for this early in the morning this time of the year.

You don't sweat as much during preflight :-)

Allen