Yeserdays 1400 humidity Vale of York 35% Dewpoint 11C. Does this sound like
a sticky day? Can anyone tell me why it felt so oppressive (it was fairly
breezy).

I know today will be fresher, but I'm not sure the humidty or dewpoints will
reflect this.

Trevor wrote:
Yeserdays 1400 humidity Vale of York 35% Dewpoint 11C. Does this sound like
a sticky day? Can anyone tell me why it felt so oppressive (it was fairly
breezy).

I know today will be fresher, but I'm not sure the humidty or dewpoints will
reflect this.


Having mentioned this before, I have been making a note, this year, of days
which feel sticky and otherwise similar days which do not.

Thus far, I can find no common factor between the days which feel sticky, other
than that the perception of such a day has little to do with the humidity.

So, I cannot answer your question, but can confirm the experience which has
happened three times this year at my location.


--
Gianna

Thus far, I can find no common factor between the days which feel sticky,
other than that the perception of such a day has little to do with the
humidity.




Ah. I'm finding a kindred spirit. Are you in the UK though?

Trevor wrote:
Thus far, I can find no common factor between the days which feel
sticky, other than that the perception of such a day has little to
do with the humidity.




Ah. I'm finding a kindred spirit. Are you in the UK though?

Gianna lives near Peterhead, Trevor. Unless the nationalists have done
something strange, I believe Scotland still is in the UK!
--
Rob Overfield
Hull
http://talkingtoomuchagain.blogspot.com

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Trevor wrote:
Thus far, I can find no common factor between the days which feel
sticky, other than that the perception of such a day has little to
do with the humidity.




Ah. I'm finding a kindred spirit. Are you in the UK though?

Gianna lives near Peterhead, Trevor. Unless the nationalists have done
something strange, I believe Scotland still is in the UK!
--


Thought she was maybe one our Greek contributors.

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Yeserdays 1400 humidity Vale of York 35% Dewpoint 11C. Does this sound
like a sticky day? Can anyone tell me why it felt so oppressive (it was
fairly breezy).

I know today will be fresher, but I'm not sure the humidty or dewpoints
will reflect this.

I've often wondered how accurate my dewpoints/humidity are. I'm not so far
from the Vale of York here on the Wolds, but at 1400 yesterday my dewpoint
was 16.0 and humidity 64%.
Today it does feel a lot fresher and a few moments ago dew point was 9.0
with humidity 41%.
How much does humidity vary in a reltively local area?

--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Gianna wrote:
Trevor wrote:
Yeserdays 1400 humidity Vale of York 35% Dewpoint 11C. Does this sound like
a sticky day? Can anyone tell me why it felt so oppressive (it was fairly
breezy).

I know today will be fresher, but I'm not sure the humidty or dewpoints will
reflect this.


Having mentioned this before, I have been making a note, this year, of days
which feel sticky and otherwise similar days which do not.

Are they listed anywhere?

Thus far, I can find no common factor between the days which feel sticky, other
than that the perception of such a day has little to do with the humidity.

So, I cannot answer your question, but can confirm the experience which has
happened three times this year at my location.

Have you checked out the NEIS and Smithsonian Archives?
http://eqint.cr.usgs.gov/neic/cgi-bi...=Submit+Search
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/us...ontent=archive

Trevor wrote:
Yeserdays 1400 humidity Vale of York 35% Dewpoint 11C. Does this sound like
a sticky day? Can anyone tell me why it felt so oppressive (it was fairly
breezy).

I know today will be fresher, but I'm not sure the humidty or dewpoints will
reflect this.

A humidity of 35% and a dewpoint of 11°C means the temperature
is 28°C, which was not mentioned. Those are not oppressive conditions
really, but the temperature is quite high and what it feels like may
depend on what you are doing. Today will certainly feel fresher simply
because the temperature is lower.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Tudor Hughes wrote:

A humidity of 35% and a dewpoint of 11°C means the temperature
is 28°C, which was not mentioned. Those are not oppressive conditions
really, but the temperature is quite high and what it feels like may
depend on what you are doing.

Or more likely how much you drank the day before. It's easy to forget
that water loss is a major factor in long hot summers. We seldon have
enough opportunity to gain the experience and keep it in mind for the
next time.

Still though there may be relationship to the aches and pains gout,
rheumatism and arthritis sufferers feel when there is a thundery spell
of the right type.

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Trevor wrote:
Yeserdays 1400 humidity Vale of York 35% Dewpoint 11C. Does this sound
like
a sticky day? Can anyone tell me why it felt so oppressive (it was fairly
breezy).

I know today will be fresher, but I'm not sure the humidty or dewpoints
will
reflect this.

A humidity of 35% and a dewpoint of 11°C means the temperature
is 28°C, which was not mentioned. Those are not oppressive conditions
really, but the temperature is quite high and what it feels like may
depend on what you are doing. Today will certainly feel fresher simply
because the temperature is lower.


Well the temperature was 26 and I was sat under a tree with relatives after
a wedding, in the shade though it was rather cloudy, but it felt awful to
me.

But then I had to stay in all afternoon today until 5 pm by which time I
just found it OK in the shade.