What a Beautiful Evening We Had Here

[Bill]

It rained this afternoon and cooled us off! Then this evening has been so pleasant! I will go to a party Friday night to celebrate my company's move to the new building as well as my graduation! I am so excited!

[Jean]

It's good you finally got a break in the hot weather. That is nice of them to include celebrating your graduatoion along with the celebration of the companys relocation. I can see why you are getting excited. Hopefully, you can have someone take pics. HAve fun!

[SadennaAndFlock]

no doubt I was happy with the cooler temperatures...nice to see a little rain according to the news they keep repeating how washington is in a drought situation....so we need it.

[Jean]

So far no rain, just cooler teps. It only reached 71 today.

[Islandzoo]

Can we talk in ºC cos I don't understand farenheit!!!!!
what is 71???

[birdnerd]

Uh... let's see... VERY rough calcuguessing here... (I'm too lazy to go look up the formula just now.)

98.6=human body temp in F
37=human body temp in C

So...70 is roughly three-quarter of 98 and so 3/4 of about 40 would make it ... about 30C.

(:

[Islandzoo]

oh ok, i thought it was like 18 or something!

[Bill]

Hi Kristie,

88 degrees F is 31 C. 71 F is 21.667 C. I have a unit conversion widget with Mac OS X Tiger. Today is supposed to be 85 F which is 29 C.

It was so cool last night I slept very deeply!

[Islandzoo]

ok, so I imagine 80 is a nice temperature then, 70 is getting a bit low!
I like it when it's around 27ºc. 20 can be a bit chilly and over 30 is too hot.
sometimes its nice to be humid, cos even the wind is warm but after a few days it gets a little bit stifling! Guess it depends what you're used to.
to me, humid is great for going to the beach, but not so great for working in the garden or being at work!!
Incidently, I don't understand how it can be 'humid' when there's not a cloud in sight. Where is all the water vapour then??? since humidity means % of moisture in the air.
I think on sunday it was 97% humidity - so does it have to be 100% to be raining then? or is that a dumb question :D

[morgavin]

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Can we talk in ºC cos I don't understand farenheit!!!!!
what is 71???
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degree Fahrenheit (F) degree Celsius (C) tc=(tF-32)/1.8

[Bill]

Hi Kristie,

I personally can't stand humidity at least in the warmer months. I melt into a puddle as you can ask BN that I do! LOL! I prefer the temps to be from 21 to 27 degrees C as above 28 it is too warm for me. I don't have any hard feelings toward the cold but I would rather be inside curled up with a good book near a window where I can watch the snow or blustery cold.

Thanks Neil!

[birdnerd]

88 degrees F is 31 C. 71 F is 21.667 C. I have a unit conversion widget with Mac OS X Tiger. Today is supposed to be 85 F which is 29 C.


See where rounding error gets ya?

:D


Incidently, I don't understand how it can be 'humid' when there's not a cloud in sight. Where is all the water vapour then??? since humidity means % of moisture in the air.

There's a lot of space in air. Lots of room between molecules. The warmer it is, the more space there is. The cooler it is, the closer the air molecules are to one another and the less space there is. Humidity is a comparison of the amount of space in between the air and the amount of that space sucked up by extra water molecules. That's why it's given as a percentage. 50% humidity means that half of all the available space in the air is sucked up by extra water molecules.

I think on sunday it was 97% humidity - so does it have to be 100% to be raining then? or is that a dumb question :D

No, rain is a whole other animal. Rain happens when water vapor in the air at higher altitudes collects around dust particles or whatever. When there's enough of it or when the air at that altitude cools enough, water gets dumped on your head.

:scratchch

[Bill]

Thanks for the explanation about humidity. Cool!

[vmtwriter]

BirdNerd, I never heard anyone explain it so simply before. :thanx:

[birdnerd]

No problem!

Glad to help.

[Jean]

Thanks BN, for such a good explination. We all love having teachers in the house.