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    The document describes how to use dry bulb and wet bulb temperature measurements to determine relative humidity and dew point temperature from charts. It contains the following key points: - The dry bulb thermometer measures air temperature, while the wet bulb gets cooler as water evaporates from it. The difference between the two measurements is used to find values on the relative humidity and dew point charts. - On dry days with a lot of evaporation, the wet bulb will be much cooler than the dry bulb. On humid days with little evaporation, they will be closer. - The dew point is not the same as the difference between the wet and dry bulb temperatures. - Examples are given demonstrating how

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    The document describes how to use dry bulb and wet bulb temperature measurements to determine relative humidity and dew point temperature from charts. It contains the following key points: - The dry bulb thermometer measures air temperature, while the wet bulb gets cooler as water evaporates from it. The difference between the two measurements is used to find values on the relative humidity and dew point charts. - On dry days with a lot of evaporation, the wet bulb will be much cooler than the dry bulb. On humid days with little evaporation, they will be closer. - The dew point is not the same as the difference between the wet and dry bulb temperatures. - Examples are given demonstrating how

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    DPT & Relative Humidity Charts: Handy Dandy Earth Science Reference Tables Page 12

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    The document describes how to use dry bulb and wet bulb temperature measurements to determine relative humidity and dew point temperature from charts. It contains the following key points: - The dry bulb thermometer measures air temperature, while the wet bulb gets cooler as water evaporates from it. The difference between the two measurements is used to find values on the relative humidity and dew point charts. - On dry days with a lot of evaporation, the wet bulb will be much cooler than the dry bulb. On humid days with little evaporation, they will be closer. - The dew point is not the same as the difference between the wet and dry bulb temperatures. - Examples are given demonstrating how

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    DPT & Relative Humidity Charts

    Handy Dandy Earth Science Reference Tables Page 12

    The Dry Bulb


    Dont let it fool you. It is just a thermometer. It measures the air temperature. Duh!

    20C

    The Wet Bulb


    Has a little wet booty tied to the bottom. Gets cool when water evaporates.

    12C

    Wet Booty

    A Dry Day
    A lot of moisture will evaporate. The wet bulb will be a lot cooler than the dry bulb.

    20C 14C 12C

    20C

    8C

    Difference between wet bulb & dry bulb is 12 C.

    A Humid Day
    A little bit of moisture will evaporate. The wet bulb will not be much cooler than the dry bulb.

    20C

    14C

    Difference between wet bulb & dry bulb is 6 C.

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    Warning #1: Be sure to READ the correct chart: DPT or RH Warning #2: Dew Point Temperature IS NOT Difference between wet bulb and dry bulb. Warning #3: The wet bulb temp IS NOT the DPT.

    Dry-bulb temperature is your air temperature.

    20 C

    14 C

    4 C

    Subtract (the difference) between the dry bulb and wet bulb

    20C

    14C

    20-14=6

    18C

    16C

    18-16=2

    Put it all together

    20C

    8C

    20-8=12

    Relative Humidity = 11%

    14C

    10C

    14-10=4

    Relative Humidity = 60%

    The Dew Point Chart works the same way

    14C

    10C

    14-10=4

    Dew Point = 6C

    Try These.
    Dry Bulb
    26C 6 C 12 C 18 C 14 C 0 C

    Wet Bulb
    20 C 5 C 8 C 17 C 14 C -3 C

    R Humidity DPT

    57% 86% 57% 91% 100% 45%

    17 C 4 C 4 C 16 C 14 C -9 C

    More Difficult.
    Dry Bulb
    21C 11C 17 C 2C 9C

    Wet Bulb
    19C 6 C 17C -3 C 6.5 C

    R Humidity DPT

    70F 21 C 60 F 15 C

    82% 18 C 45.5% -.5 C 100% 17 C 20% -17 C 69% 3.5 C 52% 11 C(50 F)

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