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Old 02-20-2010, 12:55 PM
mangeorge mangeorge is offline
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Humidity while raining.

For the frivolous side of MPSIMS;
Humidity isn't always 100% during a rainstorm. People will usually say it is, but they don't know.
I've always suspected it wasn't, and I finally got around to doing the research. I would link to the wiki article, but nobody ever follows those anyway.
I feel vindicated, and it feels good!
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mangeorge
Oh well, I'm a big old softie. Here you go.
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Old 02-20-2010, 05:37 PM
Napier Napier is offline
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I followed it. The article could say a bit more about saturation. In rainstorms the humidity can certainly go above 100%, and in fact generally is in the clouds that originate the rain.
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