I don't know what I'm talking about
Wes, on host 204.215.201.93
Saturday, November 24, 2001, at 21:30:13
Challenges for Finders of Things posted by Sam on Saturday, November 24, 2001, at 20:39:38:
> 1. The dampness of air can increase how cold you feel on a cold day and how hot you feel on a hot day. Wind makes you feel cooler no matter what the temperature is out. My question is, if a dry wind makes you "feel" ten degrees cooler than you would without the wind, would a damp wind, blowing at the same speed, change how much cooler you would feel?
I don't know what I'm talking about. Honestly, I'm just making this up. But, I'm going to guess anyways, and someone who does know what they're talking about can correct me and make me feel like a waste of space later. I think that the more humid the air, the more cool it would make you feel. I would think that the reason humid air works the way it does is because water has a higher specific heat than the rest of the air, so it can hold a lot of energy without raising in temperature a lot. So, if the air is hot and humid, it'll transfer more heat to your skin than it would if it was just hot. And it would take more heat from your skin to heat the air around you up, if it were humid. I also think that the reason wind makes you feel cooler is because you're constantly heating up new air, instead of just a bundle of air that's surrownding you. So, I think you would be colder because the new air that was blown on you would be able to take more of the heat away from your skin than non-humid air would be able to. I don't think it'd effect it much, though. But, I'll say again, I'm just making this all up, and I have no idea what I'm saying.
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