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Old December 29th 09, 07:31 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Keith(Southend) Keith(Southend) is offline
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Default Temperature / Dew point watch

John Hall wrote:
In article ,
"Mark Chamberlain (Southend)" writes:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:47:31 -0800 (PST), MahFL
wrote:

Keith..what do you mean by the crucial 3 C dew point ?


I believe that the dew point needs to drop below 0 C as a snow
indicator. I'm sure I will be put right shortly if i'm wrong


I think that the wet-bulb temperature is the critical one. IIRC that
lies in between the ordinary "dry bulb" temperature and the dew point,
Knowing any two of the three temps, I imagine one could calculate the
third id one knew how.


+3.3 Dew Point here atm :-(
4.4°C Dry bulb.
Wind NNE 5mph
991.3mb steady.

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