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The humid condition
Jul. 21st, 2008 11:59 pm
Currently at Toronto Pearson: 20. High today: 25.
The stationary front that won't go away is still with us, or near us, undecided about leaving us. It rained out my softball game yesterday (BOOOO!), and has kept the temperature pretty tightly between 19 and 25, but mostly about 21, since Saturday. From 1 to 2 this afternoon, the dewpoint dropped from 18 to 14, but then jogged back up to 16; at the Island, it's back to 17, which is as high as it's been in the last 24.
Today, instead of beating on the weather gerbils, and since we have agreed not to do any baseball blogging for a while, let's beat on the baseball bloggers! Jordan Bastian, the Jays reporter and blogger for mlb.com, posted today: "It is stinkin' hot here in Baltimore. It's about as hot temperature-wise as it was in Florida, but here you feel like you're just wearing the weather. The humidity is unbelievable and this outdoor pressbox is like a sauna." So, you know, the claim that it's more humid in Baltimore today than it was in St. Petersburg yesterday sounds a little suspicious to me--could be, but probably not. Sure enough: at 6:54 today in Baltimore (13 minutes after he made his blog post), the temperature was 91F and the dewpoint was 62 (That's, like, 33C and 17.) At 6:53 yesterday in St. Petersburg, the temperature was 89 and the dewpoint was 72. (32 and 22.) So, yeah, pretty substantial difference in humidity--but substantially more humid in Florida.
Why does he think it's more humid in Baltimore? One obvious possible reason: baseball people love to talk about how humid it is in Baltimore, but not in St. Petersburg, because in St. Petersburg they play in a dome. Everyone knows it's humid in Baltimore, but everyone does not know it's humid in St. Petersburg. Interestingly, everyone also knows that balls carry well in the heavy air of Baltimore, and also that balls carry well in the light air of Denver, which is a Scientific Fact.
Actually, humid air is lighter than dry air, and that's also a Scientific Fact. You Could Look It Up.
The stationary front that won't go away is still with us, or near us, undecided about leaving us. It rained out my softball game yesterday (BOOOO!), and has kept the temperature pretty tightly between 19 and 25, but mostly about 21, since Saturday. From 1 to 2 this afternoon, the dewpoint dropped from 18 to 14, but then jogged back up to 16; at the Island, it's back to 17, which is as high as it's been in the last 24.
Today, instead of beating on the weather gerbils, and since we have agreed not to do any baseball blogging for a while, let's beat on the baseball bloggers! Jordan Bastian, the Jays reporter and blogger for mlb.com, posted today: "It is stinkin' hot here in Baltimore. It's about as hot temperature-wise as it was in Florida, but here you feel like you're just wearing the weather. The humidity is unbelievable and this outdoor pressbox is like a sauna." So, you know, the claim that it's more humid in Baltimore today than it was in St. Petersburg yesterday sounds a little suspicious to me--could be, but probably not. Sure enough: at 6:54 today in Baltimore (13 minutes after he made his blog post), the temperature was 91F and the dewpoint was 62 (That's, like, 33C and 17.) At 6:53 yesterday in St. Petersburg, the temperature was 89 and the dewpoint was 72. (32 and 22.) So, yeah, pretty substantial difference in humidity--but substantially more humid in Florida.
Why does he think it's more humid in Baltimore? One obvious possible reason: baseball people love to talk about how humid it is in Baltimore, but not in St. Petersburg, because in St. Petersburg they play in a dome. Everyone knows it's humid in Baltimore, but everyone does not know it's humid in St. Petersburg. Interestingly, everyone also knows that balls carry well in the heavy air of Baltimore, and also that balls carry well in the light air of Denver, which is a Scientific Fact.
Actually, humid air is lighter than dry air, and that's also a Scientific Fact. You Could Look It Up.
