8.04.2010

99: two important weather terms


relative humidity:
–noun
the amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as a percentageof the maximum amount that the air could
hold at the giventemperature; the ratio of the actual water vapor pressure to thesaturation
vapor pressure. Abbreviation: RH, rh


dew point:
–noun
the temperature to which air must be cooled, at a given pressureand water-vapor content, for it to reach saturation; thetemperature at which dew begins to form.