too effing hot

That's a lot of humid.

I tell people that the humidity here is bad, but we're not really near a large body of water and it hangs around 60% all summer.

60% during the hot part of the day?

IIRC, someone upthread called the idea that dry heat is more tolerable nonsense. That person is not OTM. That person seems to have never even been near the M.

Looking up the post first would have made more sense. Anyway, I still say, how can you not "believe that crap about dry heat"? It's pretty obvious that when the humidity is high, the heat is more miserable, and when it is low, it's less miserable.

I've never entirely believed that crap about dry heat, but for a couple of days last week it could say 82 degrees on my air cond thermostat and it was still reasonably comfy if lightly dressed (without running AC). Lately, though, it says 82 or 83 and I feel like dying.

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60% during the hot part of the day?

Yeah -- it's 56% right now. (and 89˚)

You don't need to be near a body of water to have humidity. Southern Illinois is about as inland as you can get and the air is swampy as hell.

I'm confused as to why the Southwest U.S. has such dry air when the air seems to come from the Pacific and the Gulf. Maybe it unloads the moisture along the way. Maybe the internet can help me understand.

The internet is limp and useless due to the humidity, and also all of its envelopes sealed themselves shut.

broken A/C in my office fuck youuuuuuuu

i'm wearing a sweater at night in london these days

I'm pretty satisfied with this answer

The reader also inquired: "If humidity is the moisture content of the air, why is the west coast less humid than the eastern seaboard, considering they are both close to large water sources?

One of the reasons the west coast is less humid than the eastern seaboard has to do with the temperature of the large water source located nearby. In the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the currents in the northern hemisphere flow clockwise. In the Pacific Ocean, this flow results in cool, even cold, water flowing from the northern Pacific southward along the west coast. In contrast, the flow in the Atlantic Ocean results in warm water flowing north from the equator along the eastern seaboard. The water in the Gulf of Mexico also becomes quite warm, especially in the summer.

Winds along the west coast quite often blow west to east which brings cool air from the cool water onshore. On the other hand, southerly winds often prevail along the eastern seaboard and these winds act to bring the warm air from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean northward into the area. Because warm air can hold more moisture than cool air, it feels more humid and the dewpoint temperatures are frequently higher along the eastern seaboard than they are along the west coast in the summer months.

Does that article explain why it can be cool and humid in Chicago at the same time?

^^^important question, I really hate that

I think that's a different matter. The warm air that comes off the Atlantic and Gulf is laden with moisture, and the cool air that comes off the Pacific is drier. When that moist air cools, it is still moist, but it's just cool.

The AIR in the SW is certainly not cool, but the water that it blew over was, so it didn't pick up moisture.

In Chicago our air is full of Gulf moisture, but it's cool air.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/askjack/archives-humidity.htm

Here is a bunch of boring information about humidity that you might enjoy.

This is a really obnoxious answer.

Q: I've always been taught that warm air has the ability to "hold" a higher amount of water vapor than cold air - is this true?

A: No matter the temperature, air contains a small amount of water vapor and some sub-microscopic water drops. Water vapor molecules are constantly losing energy and becoming liquid, just as water molecules gain energy and enter the vapor phase. As temperature increases and more energy is available to liquid water molecules, the rate of evaporation exceeds the rate of condensation. These temperature-dependent rates of evaporation and condensation determine whether a cloud forms or not, not a fictional ability of air to "hold" water vapor.

80% humidity right now, supposed to hit 90F as well. Off to hang drywall. ;_:

You mean dampwall...

But the real question is what is the dew point.

I could conceivably mow my lawn today without dying (I only have a push mower), but I'm going to eat Mexican food and see Scott Pilgrim instead.

Dewpoint is 71F right now. It rained like you wouldn't believe today.

is salt not a factor in humidity?

i mean in the water close by

went to the bathroom

toilet seat was warm

then what happened

went to the bathroom

toilet seat was warned

For the past two days, the highs have been near 100 in Chicago. Today the high was 57.

Inane conversation I overhead on the bus about that very thing:

"It must be global warming."
"More like global crazy!"

hey seattle and portland

fuck you

it's like 105 degrees today. which means that it feels like 115 outside. and 160 or so in my apt

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_long34LIRi1qz80pso1_500.png

37 in Toronto (99), 47 with the humidex (116). I played nine holes of golf this morning, and though I'm far from great, something happened that's never happened before: twice the club flew right out of my hand, the first time about 100 feet into the air. One of the guys playing with me has promised to put this on the broadcast page at work.

92 in Cleveland right now with a 99 heat index. Biking home this afternoon should be a real fucking joy when you add in 10-20mph winds.

damn u biked today? i was like eff this & took the streetcar

Yep, it was already 75 when I left the house at 6:30 this morning.

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/300x200_07201548_realfeelsmatl.jpg

omg we are all fucked. fucked, i tell ya

<--- REALFUCKED

holy crap!!!

HAHA 90 DEGREES AND 0 HUMIDITY HERE SUCKAZ

the best part about that graph is how it reminds its still going to be too effing hot tomorrow

Yeah I remember reading some article like five years ago about how it was only going to get hotter thru Global Warming plus population increase would make heat in cities almost unbearable. I remember going "Hmm..." and now I'm thinking "Shit..." Not fun.

it was 88 in my bedroom when i went to bed last night and 84 when i woke up

that graph looks like a chili pepper

101 tomw in NY, I'm coming into work for the A/C

call in and go to a bar ffs

boston: Temperature 95.6 °F, Feels Like 111 °F, humidy 55%. i have had a crazy headache for the past two weeks that i think is from dehydration and no matter how much water i drink, i can't get it to go away and it is SO DAMN HOT

Boy, I bet all the batshit right wing cartoonists out there have cartoons this week with "GEE I GUESS GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL AFTER ALL!" Should I look?

just took the trash out and now i feel like i spent two minutes inside satan's asshole

ACs on all day in the apt for the pooch. It's gonna feel so damn good to go home to tonight.

i have to go do laundry ;_;

So glad to be going to the cape this weekend where it'll be 92, 89, 78. Sounds a little more bearable.