A wet bulb thermometer also uses evaporative cooling so it provides a good measure for use in evaluating comfort level.
Wet bulb temperature vs dew point.
The wet bulb temperature is always between the dry bulb temperature and the dew point.
Above this temperature the moisture will stay in the air.
The drier air can cause skin to crack and become irritated more easily.
In of mercury mm of mercury millibars hpa.
The following tables calculate dew point and relative humidity based on the observed wet bulb and dry bulb temperatures and the elevation at the site of the observation.
The entry required is in fahrenheit degrees.
The dew point temperature of air depends upon its mositure content.
Higher the mositure content of the air higher is the dew point temperature.
Enter the two different temperatures.
Combining the dry bulb and wet bulb temperature in a psychrometric diagram or mollier chart gives the state of the humid air.
Enter a temperature relative humidity and actual station pressure.
For the saturated air the dry bulb temperature the wet bulb temperature and dew point temperature are same.
It will also dry out the airways.
Dew point temperature t dp.
Lines of constant wet bulb temperatures run diagonally from the upper left to the lower right in the psychrometric chart.
For the wet bulb there is a dynamic equilibrium between heat gained because the wet bulb is cooler than the surrounding air and heat lost because of evaporation.
A glass of water filled with chilled water is can example.
This script will determine the relative humidity from the entered dry and wet bulb temperatures data.
These can be calculated automatically using wildland fire rh calculator apps for ios and android available for free.
The dew point is the temperature at which water vapor starts to condense out of the air the temperature at which air becomes completely saturated.
In a saturated air parcel with relative humidity 100 the wet bulb dry bulb and dew point temperatures are all the same.
The wet bulb temperature is the temperature of an object that can be achieved through evaporative cooling assuming good air flow and that the ambient air temperature remains the same.
Discomfort also exists when the dew point is very low below around 5 c or 23 f.
Enter your actual station pressure not the altimeter setting.