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Why can relative humidity be high near the surface during dew formation?

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Correct answer: Surface cooling brings air close to saturation

The correct answer is A. Relative humidity compares the water vapour actually present in air with the maximum amount that air can hold at that temperature. During a clear, calm night, the ground loses heat and cools the thin layer of air touching it. Cooling lowers the air’s moisture-holding capacity. Even if the amount of vapour does not increase, the existing vapour becomes a larger percentage of that reduced capacity, so relative humidity rises toward 100 percent. Dew can form when the surface reaches the dew point. B is wrong because vapour does not simply disappear. C is wrong because cooling often raises relative humidity, even though cold air can hold less vapour. D is wrong because ordinary dew formation does not require pressure to vanish. Memory cue: cooling capacity falls, so relative humidity rises.

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DewRelative HumiditySurface CoolingDew PointForms Of Condensation: DewFrostFogAnd MistForms Of Condensation Dew Frost Fog And MistWater In The AtmosphereGeography

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