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How could air that is saturated with water become over saturated without adding any water?

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Warmer air CAN hold more air than cool air.

So if saturated air COOLS, it can't hold as much water as when it was warm, so it suddenly becomes over-saturated ("supersaturated") even though no more water was added.

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