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1998 WWLPT Environmental Institute:
Humidity
Relative Humidity
by Kathy Gueltzow
Coral Springs Middle School
Coral Springs, Florida
Definition - Glossary
Cited by radio/television weather casters
Most familiar
Probability of cloud development increases as 100%
approached
Increases as air is cooled i.e. ascending unsaturated
air
Increases as water vapor added to the air
Equals vapor pressure over saturation vapor pressure
times 100%
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