[ncl-talk] A couple of questions...

[Buzan, Jonathan]

Happy new year!

It is likely that the wet bulb temperature (Tw) is constant if the dew point temperature is varying, due to buoyancy constraints. You could calculate the Tw to check. 

-Jonathan





> On Jan 4, 2022, at 11:40 AM, gtego--- via ncl-talk <ncl-talk at mailman.ucar.edu> wrote:
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> Happy New Year!
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> The difference between T and Td is proportional to the RH.
> At the same time (5pm) there is a sudden increase in the wind speed, bringing new air to the area.
> The air mass that came to the area was warmer and less humid, meaning that while the temperature had higher values, the difference between Td and T had to be bigger too.
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> Quoting Rick Brownrigg via ncl-talk <ncl-talk at mailman.ucar.edu>:
> 
>> I'm thinking about skiing Wens PM -- you interested?
>> 
>> On another matter, I have a limited understanding of "dew point", but does
>> the attached plot look believable?  This is from the FL weather station.
>> There's a spike in temperature around 5PM. That pattern is reflected
>> closely in the RH and DP plots -- I understand (I think) why that could be
>> the case for RH, but why wouldn't DP be relatively constant through that
>> time period?
>> 
>> RB
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