Thread: Water temp???
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Old 08-29-2018, 05:46 PM   #7
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Besides air temperature, humidity has a big effect. High dew point air (humid) retards evaporation, which has a cooling effect. When a dry air mass comes in with some NW wind behind it, the surface temperature drops notably.
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