IEM Daily Feature
Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Plenty of moisture

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 06:04 AM

The featured chart displays the average near-surface water vapor mixing ratio compuated at the Des Moines Airport. This value has units of grams per kilogram and can be thought of as the mass ratio of water vapor versus dry air. For the period of 1 July to 17 August, this year has been the most humid since 1970. Our current stretch of weather has seen a welcome relief from the extreme humidity values.

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