Cambridge EGSC 081050Z 32003KT 5000 BR SCT007 BKN015 22/21 Q1021
My wife is moaning that her washing won't dry!

Anyone know the UK's highest recorded dewpoint?

Jack

"Jack Harrison" schreef in bericht
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My wife is moaning that her washing won't dry!

'Her' washing? Maybe you should take over, Jack -- perhaps 'your' washing
dries perfectly!

Wijke

That clearly was an error - dry wick!

I have just measured dewpoint as 16.5 some 10 miles to the SW of Cambridge
at 440 ft asl

Jack

"Wijke Ruiter" wrote in message
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"Jack Harrison" schreef in bericht
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My wife is moaning that her washing won't dry!

'Her' washing? Maybe you should take over, Jack -- perhaps 'your' washing
dries perfectly!

I was of course expecting that response for my blatantly sexist comment.

In fact, wife and kids have been away for several days so I had to do not
just my own laundry, but the stuff they had left behind. So there.....Yah,
booh and sucks:-)

It did make me wonder if it is possible to estimate drying times for various
items based on such factors as wind speed, humidity, sunshine. I found that
my shirts were fully dry in about half an hour. So I am considering
installing a remote reading humidity meter in the utility room so that my
wife will have a good idea in advance how long the washing will take to dry
when she hangs it out so can plan when to do the next load.

Got to turn this meteorological knowledge into something useful you realise.

That Cambridge reading was repeated and did not agree with my own figures.
I guess someone had not been dipping his wick enough and it had become a
little dry.

Jack

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snip .. I had to do snip laundry,snip

It did make me wonder if it is possible to estimate drying times for various
items based on such factors as wind speed, humidity, sunshine. snip

Theoretically, yes, there is Penman equation to calculate potential
evaporation based on those factors. Laundry, though, is more
complicated than standard Class A pan (standard equipment for
measuring evaporation), as thickness of the textiles probably affects
the effect of the windspeed. And Penman counts on unshadowed sunshine
on horisontal plane, whihc is different from laundy conditions,
especially in the UK.

In Scandinavia, there is no stigma (or very little) in drying laundry.
Sheets on lines mean "here lives a good wife who saves no trouble to
get comfortable sheets for her family". I dry stuff outdoors when it's
not pollen season, not raining, no rain forecasted and not
fingers-freezing cold. This block also has an indoors drying room with
condensating equipment, fan and ventilation. I think line-drying gives
better results and wears the textiles less than a tumble drier.

Where we lived in the UK, the lines were hidden between garage and an
overgrown hedge, so you could expect windspeed zero, sunshine zero.
Conditions "not pollen season, not raining, no rain forecasted" were
never true, and drying stuff indoors caused war with neighbours (as it
was visible from windows). I suspect laundry on the lines means "here
lives a poor family who cannot afford tumble drier" ?

Elena
ps. I live with a man who voluntarily brings the clean laundry in, and
in emergency cases does the other parts, too.