As temperature increases, does...?

Question

Relative humidity increase or decrease? Please explain why. Thank you.

Answer 1

as temp. increases relative humidity decreases. this is because as it grows warmer, there would be less moisture in the air.

Answer 2

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http://generalhorticulture.tamu.edu/lect...

Answer 3

As temperature increases,the relative humidity decreases.Relative humidity depends upon not only the on air temperature but also on the amount of water vapour present in the air.So,if the moisture content remains the same,increase of temperature decreases the value of relative humidity.I will give you an example.

If you take one litre of water and pour into a vessel which can contain eactly only one litre, then the vessel becomes full.That means the water occupies the full capacity(100 %) of the vessel.If you now take out that one litre of water and pour it in a vessel which can contain two litres ,then the water occupies only half(50%) of the capacity of the vessel.So increasing the capacity(similar to incresing the temperature) of the vessel decreases the portion or part(similar to RH) of the vessel occupied by the water.

In other words,if the air is saturated,the RH becomes 100 percent.If you are increasing the temperature(without adding moisture) of the air,you are making the air more and more unsaturated which means RH also is decreased more and more.

Answer 4

Warmer air can hold more moisture.

Relative Humidity is the measure of how much water is evaporated into the air compared to how much is could possibly hold at that temperature.

Warming air without adding water will cause the RH to decrease.