Reason for humidity?

Question

hi

is it true that places that are close to beaches/ocean have high humidity

by the way,what exactly is called as humididty and how it relates to temperature

Answer 1

No, It depends on the weather system that is near the area. If you have a onshore flow it would tend to be moist. If you have an offshore flow it's usually drier. But it all depends on the weather syetem

Humidity related to the temperature is the DEW POINT

Answer 2

Humidity is the percent saturation of water in the air. I don't believe that it relates to temperature. Instead, it relates to the chance of rain. The higher the percentage (i.e. the higher the humidity and saturation of air with water molecules), the more likely it is to rain.

Humidity is created by the evaporation of water. So, it is true that places near to beaches, large lakes, and oceans experience higher humidity and rain. The water around them evaporates more and accumulates in the atmosphere, further accumulates as rain clouds, and then finally returns to the earth as rain.

Answer 3

Humidity simply means presence of water vapour in the air.So if water vapour is present in the air, the air is said to be humid; otherwise it is dry air.

If you mean relative humidity by "humidity",then it is the ratio of the amount of water vapour actually present in the air to the amount of water vapour required to saturate it at that temperature.

Near the coasts,the humidity conditions depend upon whether the wind is on or off-shore.In the latter case,the humidity over the sea will be that over the adjacent land,modified by the sea conditions,as the air travels further from the coast towards the sea.

In the 'on shore' condition,the relative humidity will increase over the land area as humid air from the sea blows over the land.This is the case when see breeze blows.

Answer 4

well yes since you are near a beach or a lake there is high humidity because of the water evaporating into the atmosphere. So humidity is basically the amount of evaporated water that is found on the atmosphere. Evaporation in the atmosphere causes the clouds to form thats why it is cloudy when it rains cuz all the evaporated water has to come down. Now the way it relates to temperature is that you know clouds contain humidity right well the more clouds there are the more heat you will feel. The clouds act as an insulator to the world so as the sun shines down the heat can still reach the surface with the uv rays so all that heat will stay trapped if there are a lot of clouds in the sky also known as humidity.

well lets say now that you live in chicago right and well there is a lot of humidity there because of lake michigan. Now lets say that its about 34 degrees out side and you have a lot of sunshine throughout the day but it still feels cold. believe it or not because there are no clouds insulating the heat by the time night falls and the conditions still remain as clear skies the heat on the surface will escape into space and by the next day it will be colder.