Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:25 pm
Maybe a Shemagh.... or will the Coast Gueard pick me up if I'm wearing one of those?
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Yeti wrote:Lake Huron/August is the location
Out there, humidity is low
Day Hiker wrote:
Dewpoints that time of year will likely be 60F or more, which would hardly qualify as low humidity.
Yeti wrote:Day Hiker wrote:Dewpoints that time of year will likely be 60F or more, which would hardly qualify as low humidity.
.... where? On shore? You do realize that surface conditions change as you get further from land. You get your weather data from buoys rather than the local news.
Yeti wrote:Secondly, "low humidity" in Nevada is different than it is in Mi. On-land up there, anything below 70% is low.
Day Hiker wrote:Now you're just being silly.
MikeTX wrote:how silly. it seems the argument being put forward is that as far as clothes go, canoe trip in the midwest=hiking in the desert. really? whatever.
Yeti wrote:If the winds are coming from Geogian Bay, what will the weather be like? If there is no wind, what will it be like? What happens to the moisture in warm air as it moves over something cold?
Day Hiker wrote:Cold? Where do you see cold?
Michigan IS considered part of the Midwest.
Yeti wrote:Day Hiker wrote:Cold? Where do you see cold?
Cold is a relative term, in this case it relates to air and water.
Yeti wrote:So, when "relatively hot" air passes over a "relatively cold" surface, what happens to it's moisture content?
Yeti wrote:Now, imagine the dewpoint in the lower 40s... wait that's not imaginary, that's average.