Weather 101: Humidity VS Dewpoint

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  • čas přidán 18. 03. 2020
  • Meteorologist Jen Carfagno explains the difference between humidity and dewpoint, two aspects of weather that are often confused.
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Komentáře • 72

  • @jmdds
    @jmdds Před 3 lety +193

    more confused than before.

  • @TON-vz3pe
    @TON-vz3pe Před 18 dny +1

    For those who are still confused. Relative humidity is the amount of water vapour in the air with respect to the actual water holding capacity of the air at a given temperature. Higher temperature can hold more water vapour. Lower temperature holds less. RH does not tell you how much water vapour is in thr air.
    Dew point on the other hand tells you, for given amount of water vapour what is the lowest temperature at which the air gets fully saturated. This tells us how much vapour is actually in the air. At 50°C air temperature the dew point can be 45°C, if the RH is very high. This means there is no much vapour in the air that only a 5° C drop in temperature can result to 100% RH. Also, at 100% RH, the dew point is equal to the wet bulb temperature

  • @manardheyaa18
    @manardheyaa18 Před 10 měsíci +4

    I don't know everyone in the comments saying it's confusing, I find it very helpful. Thank you!

  • @icklethepickle
    @icklethepickle Před 2 měsíci +2

    Excellent explanation.

  • @SpaceAudio
    @SpaceAudio Před 2 lety +18

    This is confusing 😂

  • @CT-vm4gf
    @CT-vm4gf Před měsícem +3

    Very easy to understand, straight to the point.

  • @GoldtopDude
    @GoldtopDude Před 6 měsíci +1

    It is not yet noon here, however, I am going to begin a stringent drinking regiment throughout the remainder of the day, and evening Intel I am capable of recapitulating this information….thanks for the video…🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃

  • @BKbucknut93
    @BKbucknut93 Před 3 lety +38

    I felt the Indian guy with the PowerPoint was more informative than this.

  • @billyhighfill
    @billyhighfill Před 10 měsíci +7

    FINALLY!!! I get it!!! Thank you.

  • @beechcoma
    @beechcoma Před rokem

    Jen Carfagno is awesome. I remember her first appearing overnights on the Weather Channel. This video though is absolutely no help. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤣

  • @dawilliamsus
    @dawilliamsus Před 5 lety +2

    Jen,
    Thank you. There has been little success in me finding out why one day it could be 80° with a Relative Humidity of 60% and a Dew Point of 68° and I feel like I am trying to breathe in thick air. I struggle and have to limit my outdoor activities. So when they warn us to keep the elderly, small children, and people with respiratory and/or heart disease inside where the A/C can offer some relief - that's where I live.
    Yet there are days that seem to be near as warm with a little lower humidity and a dew point around 50 and I can breathe great.
    Thank you so very much for the graphics and the effort put into making this fun for kids of all ages. I hope to see more on these and other topics and I consider you the Dew Point guru of TWC and WU.
    And please do not let the hecklers and bored people get you down. You are a well respected scientist and meteorologist with a pleasant brightness around everything you report and teach. Shine on my friend, SHINE ON.
    Best Regards,
    Dave and Cathy Williams

  • @teresakestran3637
    @teresakestran3637 Před rokem

    Thank you for your explanation…very helpful 😊

  • @timoteooo94
    @timoteooo94 Před 6 měsíci

    Now I kno why sometimes it feel warmer in Chicago when it’s 30 degrees lol….

  • @tanytansters
    @tanytansters Před rokem +10

    Terrible video, and the music made it worse.

  • @criostoirashtin11
    @criostoirashtin11 Před 9 měsíci

    A temp of 85F and dew point of 55 feels comfortable but the same air temp but with a dew point of 75 is oppressive

  • @sdnlawrence5640
    @sdnlawrence5640 Před 25 dny

    Left out the important points: RH is measured.
    DP is a calculated.
    Scientists favor RH (and Hg.)
    TV weather casters like DP for some unknown reason.

  • @kreese316
    @kreese316 Před 3 měsíci

    Please do a part B with a little more detail and speaking a tad slower.
    How is the air (humidity and dew point and whatever else contributes to how it feels) different in lets say Portland, Oregon as compared to Pensacola, Florida?
    This may be a different topic, but how is much of Texas so dry on the ground and with fewer lush plants, yet they call it humid?

  • @nothingmuch44
    @nothingmuch44 Před 3 měsíci

    is percentage and amount not literally the same meaning in English language?

  • @scoobydoow7988
    @scoobydoow7988 Před 10 měsíci

    I think it is the temperature of air with RH 100% . So taking a particular outside temperature like 50° and comparing with 2 different dew points 20° and 25° . 25° is more closer to the outside temperature so is the RH %(i was considering this on a scale basis) , please corect me if i am wrong

    • @Kurio71
      @Kurio71 Před 9 měsíci

      Both temps would be very comfortable. Are you Celius?

    • @scoobydoow7988
      @scoobydoow7988 Před 9 měsíci

      @@Kurio71 ya celcius

    • @Kurio71
      @Kurio71 Před 9 měsíci

      @@scoobydoow7988 A 30°C day with a dew point of 15° would be comfortable.

    • @Kurio71
      @Kurio71 Před 9 měsíci

      Dew points of 20°C plus are considered very humid

  • @Kevin-sy8uf
    @Kevin-sy8uf Před 5 měsíci

    Why did you have to use two different sized cups? !

  • @page1317
    @page1317 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I am still confused.

  • @caesar2064
    @caesar2064 Před 9 měsíci

    humidity index in metric??

  • @mariobotelho32
    @mariobotelho32 Před 8 měsíci +2

    One minute "lesson" and you know less in the end.

  • @alertbox
    @alertbox Před 10 měsíci +1

    Why add music? It's a big distraction. 0:47 she gabbles too fast and doesn't explain dew point properly. This video could easily have been so much better. Meanwhile, I'm searching for another explanation of dew point.

  • @tomshaw661
    @tomshaw661 Před 5 měsíci

    finally ......we understand.

  • @paulheckbert
    @paulheckbert Před 5 lety +32

    the animated graphics (text on swinging sign, with sound effect) is distracting and counterproductive

    • @timjim7830
      @timjim7830 Před rokem

      I think I was watching keeping up with the cardigans. “UM, like, I don’t get it…”

  • @Kurio71
    @Kurio71 Před 9 měsíci +1

    High humidity with air temperatures under 65F are still comfortable as the dew point is still below 65

  • @aaronlebabo3927
    @aaronlebabo3927 Před 2 měsíci

    I still don't get it.

  • @logeshk4105
    @logeshk4105 Před 10 měsíci

    oh my god ! doesn't expect this much tedious editing to explain this simple topic....great one

  • @theonystrom4976
    @theonystrom4976 Před rokem

    My mind finds this sensory input threatening.
    (Not from america)

  • @tourismagency
    @tourismagency Před 2 měsíci

    😮

  • @samirgamalelh
    @samirgamalelh Před měsícem

    Next time, try Celcius, like normal humans

  • @Haideerr
    @Haideerr Před měsícem

    Thanks , didnt understand anything

  • @HammadKhanYT
    @HammadKhanYT Před 10 měsíci +1

    Even she does not understand. Do not waste your time.

  • @adhaman1
    @adhaman1 Před měsícem

  • @deltalima5806
    @deltalima5806 Před 9 měsíci

    What?

  • @ammudaid
    @ammudaid Před 7 měsíci

    More confusion madam

  • @user-ut1sx3wy7w
    @user-ut1sx3wy7w Před měsícem

    Bruh who uses F use C

  • @jeff2758
    @jeff2758 Před 10 měsíci

    kill the music next time?

  • @NitinRana108
    @NitinRana108 Před 10 měsíci

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
    Sorry...
    Relative humidity is amount of moisture present in air to the most it can hold at paricular temperature.
    Moisture holding capacity of air is temperature dependent at high temperature air molecules expand so there is more space between molecules for moisture.
    But at particular temperature it has certain capacity tol hold vapours.
    So SUPPOSE AIR CAN HOLD 100 MOLECULES OF WATER VAPOUR AT PARTICULAR TEMPERATURE BUT IT HAVE 50 RIGHT NOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE 50%
    NOW THE DEW POINT...
    AS Temperature decreases air molecules come closer and it's water vapour holding capacity also decreases.
    So suppose air can hold 100 molecules at particular temperature it's also it's dew point because if you decrease temperature air molecules will come closer and water will get drain. So at dew point rh is always 100℅ as its holding the most vapour in it at that temperature

  • @paulenzor6993
    @paulenzor6993 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Totally inane obtuse ridiculous waste of time presentation.

  • @ajaipal1
    @ajaipal1 Před 3 měsíci

    seriously, I think she is explaining it all wrong.
    what she is explaining is RELATIVE humidity and not dew point.
    dew point is the temperature at which , on that particular day DEW can form. it has a relationship to the humidity in the air, and I wanted that formula.
    she's explaining garbage.

  • @gyattrizzV
    @gyattrizzV Před 5 měsíci

    This would only be a satisfactory explanation if you already knew what those terms meant and the video is so distracting

  • @user-pk2jb9ld4c
    @user-pk2jb9ld4c Před měsícem

    This didn't explain anything, but had lots of annoying graphics and noises.

  • @rickjensen2717
    @rickjensen2717 Před 18 dny +1

    V Poor explanation! Relative Humidity is not the % of water vapour in the air, it's the amount of water in the air as a percentage of the total amount of water that can be held in the air at a given temperature.

  • @williamwoolf8072
    @williamwoolf8072 Před rokem

    all the people saying they're confused must have never read a book in their life.

  • @owen3811
    @owen3811 Před 6 měsíci

    I learned nothing from this

  • @DDGVE
    @DDGVE Před 4 měsíci

    So wrong

  • @luckeychuckey70
    @luckeychuckey70 Před 24 dny

    she talks to fast!!!

  • @PatrickDempsey-bx9pi
    @PatrickDempsey-bx9pi Před 7 měsíci

    Get rid of that ridiculous music!

  • @NOTNICE24
    @NOTNICE24 Před 7 měsíci

    I'm upset! you made me lose 1:09 sec of my precious life watching this BS excuse for a presentation!