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Old December 29th 09, 09:39 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Temperature / Dew point watch

In article ,
Martin Rowley writes:
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.



... the Internet is awash with these calculators: the problem is
knowing which ones are right!

This one *appears* to do a good job, but I haven't checked it across a
broad range of readings ....

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/epz/?n=wxcalc_dewpoint

Martin.


Thanks. As it's on NOAA's site, one would hope that it was right!
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