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Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE

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On 16/01/2016 2:13 PM, James McGinn wrote:
> On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 7:04:34 PM UTC-8, Sylvia Else wrote:
>
>>> 1) Earth's atmosphere is too cool for steam
>>
>> It's not too cool for water vapour, though, as is evidenced by the
>> fact that wet clothes turn into dry clothes without the application
>> of heat.
>
> Steam is gaseous H2O.  Vapor (evaporate) is not gaseous. It is still
> liquid, suspended in air.
>
> This is pretty simple, Sylvia.  You could have figured this out with
> the slightest effort.

Saying that it's a liquid suspended in air doesn't make so.

>>> 3) The livelihood of many, both in meteorology and climatology,
>>> depend on the public not realizing #1 and #2
>>>
>>
>> The public probably do realise (1), but it's not relevant.
>
> They don't think about it.  It is relevant.
>
>> They don't realise (2) because it's not true.
>
> It's true.  I'm a trained meteorologists.  I know the models.

Cite a specific model that assumes steam.

Sylvia.

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WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 20:25 -0600
  Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 22:13 -0800
    Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-16 14:04 +1100
      Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 19:13 -0800
        Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-16 14:29 +1100
          Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 19:40 -0800
            Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-16 16:02 +1100
              Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 21:20 -0800
                Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 10:51 -0800
                Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 15:44 -0800
                Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 08:50 -0800
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    Re: WHY IS MOIST AIR LESS DENSE THAN DRY AIR AT SAME TEMPERATURE Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-16 14:05 +1100
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