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Subject: Re: Why Meteorologists Won't Talk About "Cold Steam"
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:05:07 +1100
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On 26/01/2016 11:22 AM, James McGinn wrote:
> On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 2:40:29 PM UTC-8, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>
>>> Liquid.  It can even be supercooled water.  But it is always
>>> liquid, not gas.
>>
>> Now, why would there be supercooled liquid drops in the air at -40 C, Jim?
>>
>>>   Consult steam tables.
>>
>> You consult steam tables. Show where in steam tables it says that there
>> is only liquid water in air at -40 C.
>
> Supercooled water is well documented in the atmosphere.  Google is your friend, again.
>

That there can be liquid water in the air at -40C was not the point. The 
operative word was "only".

Sylvia.