Eli5: What humidity means and it’s percent
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the air is like a bucket, and as humidity goes up the bucket can only contain so much water. temperature determines how big the bucket is, when the air is hot the bucket is bigger and can hold more water, and vice versa. the dew point is the temperature that would cause the humidity to reach 100% and start condensing onto surfaces, given the amount of water currently in the air (shrinking the bucket). a raincloud starts pouring when its humidity reaches 100% and it can’t hold any more water. the reason you feel hotter in humid temperatures is because it’s more difficult for sweat to cool you down because the air is already pretty saturated with water.
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