Question

at midnight in a shallow layer air near the ground, the air temperature is 44℉ and the dewpoint temperature is 36℉. If the air cools at a rate of 2℉ per hour until the dew point temperature is reached, and at a rate of 1℉ thereafter, then at 6:00am?

Answer 1

It will be at 34 ºF

Step-by-step explanation:

If we start at 12 am with a temperature of 44 ºF, and each hour later, the temperature will be 2 ºF less, so...

1 am - 42 ºF

2 am - 40 ºF

3 am - 38 ºF

4 am - 36 ºF, that is the temperature of the dewpoint.

So after this point, each hour the temperture will decrease 1ºF, so..

5 am - 35 ºF

6 am - 34 ºF, ending with this temperature at the morning.

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