2006-09-04 21:47:39 · 4 answers · asked by ih8p6 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air combined with hot temperatures it makes the heat more dangerous. High humidity makes heat more dangerous because it slows the evaporation of perspiration – the body's natural cooler.
I attached a link below that is pretty cool. You can put in the temp. and the humidity and it will give you whats called the apparent temp. which is how hot the heat/humidity makes you feel.
2006-09-05 02:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all I know is this.. I live on the eastern side of SaudiArabia. the arabian gulf.. its so humid during August and September.. its like 100% humidity.. and when its humid, its usually cooler.. Somehow the humidity cools the temperature a few degrees.. When its dry during July, the temperatures get way up in 120F.. but August during the humidity, it lowers to hover around 100F or so..
2006-09-05 04:54:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mintee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The human body feels it's hotter if the humidity is higher. Also the heat is harder to bear if the humidity is high.
2006-09-05 04:53:25 · answer #3 · answered by impossibilityoftruth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*Humidity is the amount of water in the air
*Humidity refers to the quantity of water in its gaseous form, or water vapor, that is in the air.
*Heat is a process quantity, as opposed to being a state quantity, and is to thermal energy as work is to mechanical energy. Heat flows between regions that are not in thermal equilibrium with each other; it spontaneously flows from areas of high temperature to areas of low temperature.
humidity resulting in rain then to floods can cause danger
heat resulting to dehydration can cause death
therefore both heat and humidity are dangerous.
2006-09-05 04:59:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋