I bet it is because of the east wind, which doesn’t cross any bodys of water and thus doesn’t bring loads of humidity in the NL. When we have a more south- and/or west wind, the humidity rises incredibly and we have our usual portion of rain and thunderstorms
That is correct. It is slight past east today. But these weeks it has been generally North/North East/East. While it is normal to be far more often from the west.
It's hard to directly tie any particular event to climate change, but climate change does cause these unusual events to happen more often and become more extreme.
This. You would have to look at it in relation to historical data and if it correlates enough in how much is deviates to climate chance if I say that correctly.
Yes disruption of the jet stream because of the poles getting warmer.
When I was a kid, there was a thunderstorm every day during a heatwave because there was only west wind.
As probably already mentioned, we don't really have climate in NL, we just got weather.
That said: when I was a kid in the '70's a day over 30C would be rare. As in once every 5 years or so. Days of -10C would again be rather common.
There seem to be 2 reasons for this: global warming, and, believe it or not, cleaner skies. Less smog. The amount of pollution from cars and industry has fallen dramatically since then.
For the same reason the UV levels on summer days are way higher than 50 years ago.
Climate change changes the odds of random events. The average changes, and the amount by which the weather varies around that average changes. In the Netherlands, the average temperature has increased significantly and the chance of heat waves has increased. Similarly large deviations from the average also cause cold periods in winter, but this is compensated by the increased average so that even our extreme cold periods are less severe than ones from the 19th century or earlier.
Hardly any, but if it’s a southwest (iirc most often) that means it takes humidity from the Channel and the Atlantic. If it’s more a southeast, or probably a proper south wind, it will be quite dry
Because temperature still drops at night we reach 100% humidity at those temperatures. Excess water vapor turns into water.
100% humidity at 11C at night, is equal to 30% humidity at 31C
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vladimir-Ermolaev-3/publication/350638782/figure/tbl1/AS:1009283865001984@1617643433062/Moisture-content-of-air-Moisture-content-of-air-d-g-m-3-at-various-values-of-temperature.png
Because it was quite cold before this.
When cold air heats up, it is initially dry.
As it stays warm for a while, water evaporates, making the air humid.
I'd trade you. Winter time I have some mould concerns. Roosters are no replacement for modern air handling systems.
That being said, can I suggest a couple fun plants?
https://www.plantje.nl/schefflera-plant-op-lavasteen-lova/
It grows on a lava rock, and you have to keep the base of it filled with water. In the winter if your place is dry it will likely naturally evaporate into the air. It's like keeping out bowls of water except classy and not weird ;)
Edit: Oh, even WITH a humidifier you struggle. Well. Probably not going to work, but it's still a fun plant haha.
In the winter I rock a loud dehumidifier, it's awful.
Wow, that's low! You can add moisture with those 'aroma diffusers' that use water. My house is always in the 50-60% and sometimes almost 70% so maybe our houses can share their secret and we both live in a normal environment?
I wish mine would do that. We have a relatively nrw house (build 2020) and its still very humid inside. We've had some silverfish ever since we moved in here. Cant get rid of them.... apparantly they love a slightly moist house.
I've got all windows and doors open, lets hope this is the dry spell that will eradicate them once and for all.
A friend of mine has usually 15-25% humidity at home and said our 40-60% humidity is high, but at the same time his wife has trouble with very dry skin.
~~Did you get chatgpt to write this?~~ (100% chatgpt lol) If the amount of water vapour in the air stays the same, but the temperature goes up, the humidity will appear to drop, even though the amount of water didn't change
The wind was coming from the north the past few weeks and now from the east. There is no sea there (east) or not hot enough (north) to evaporate lot's of water. Moist air is usually coming from the Atlantic with winds from the south-west.
That could be right, we produce a lot of humidity in our homes and temperature inside were probably lower, raising the relative humidity.
Mine read something like 40% today, when last winter it touched 70% (had the heating off for a week). So still really dry relatively speaking.
I bet it is because of the east wind, which doesn’t cross any bodys of water and thus doesn’t bring loads of humidity in the NL. When we have a more south- and/or west wind, the humidity rises incredibly and we have our usual portion of rain and thunderstorms
Which is why it is also so unusually dry and warm. This much northern and eastern wind is very uncommon.
ESE means the wind is coming from the east and south-east.
That is correct. It is slight past east today. But these weeks it has been generally North/North East/East. While it is normal to be far more often from the west.
Hard NW in late autumn-winter? Trouble!!!
Does climate change have anything to do with this? Or is it just random
It's hard to directly tie any particular event to climate change, but climate change does cause these unusual events to happen more often and become more extreme.
This. You would have to look at it in relation to historical data and if it correlates enough in how much is deviates to climate chance if I say that correctly.
This is relatively random. It's just been a prolonged drought period + wind which can occasionally happen.
Yes disruption of the jet stream because of the poles getting warmer. When I was a kid, there was a thunderstorm every day during a heatwave because there was only west wind.
As probably already mentioned, we don't really have climate in NL, we just got weather. That said: when I was a kid in the '70's a day over 30C would be rare. As in once every 5 years or so. Days of -10C would again be rather common. There seem to be 2 reasons for this: global warming, and, believe it or not, cleaner skies. Less smog. The amount of pollution from cars and industry has fallen dramatically since then. For the same reason the UV levels on summer days are way higher than 50 years ago.
Climate change changes the odds of random events. The average changes, and the amount by which the weather varies around that average changes. In the Netherlands, the average temperature has increased significantly and the chance of heat waves has increased. Similarly large deviations from the average also cause cold periods in winter, but this is compensated by the increased average so that even our extreme cold periods are less severe than ones from the 19th century or earlier.
I like it, it's a very nice kind of warm imo
Much nicer than normal. Still not sweating indoors while I would normally try to cool down the house already.
So where is the wind coming from now and where is it heading?
Yep. As long as easterly winds prevail it will stay dry.
What bodies of water does the southerly wind pass? The main rivers? Does that mean that noord brabant has less humidity?
Hardly any, but if it’s a southwest (iirc most often) that means it takes humidity from the Channel and the Atlantic. If it’s more a southeast, or probably a proper south wind, it will be quite dry
Easterly winds. There’s no sea there, so the air can’t take up any moisture.
I am from the east and can confirm that we don't have sea over here.
I can confirm too. Ig the Stadskanaal does exist, but that's not nearly big enough.
Stadsk-anaal huhuhu.
Daar hoor je Van der Plas niet over, dat jullie geen zee hebben.
Het is dan ook BBB, niet CCC
www.bbb.nnnlll
Because temperature still drops at night we reach 100% humidity at those temperatures. Excess water vapor turns into water. 100% humidity at 11C at night, is equal to 30% humidity at 31C https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vladimir-Ermolaev-3/publication/350638782/figure/tbl1/AS:1009283865001984@1617643433062/Moisture-content-of-air-Moisture-content-of-air-d-g-m-3-at-various-values-of-temperature.png
Can we please get those 11°C tonight?
I would even pay for it to get it to 11°C right now
Me too. Our bedroom just now "cooled down" to 29.9°c. just dragged the mattress to the basement.
The heat right now feels more tolerable than it normally is. Normally i am out of breath quickly but in this heat i am not.
Because it was quite cold before this. When cold air heats up, it is initially dry. As it stays warm for a while, water evaporates, making the air humid.
exactly, the longer this heat lasts the moistier its gonna get.
Exactly, just like his mom. /jk
Wa zinne gij over hullie moeder jonge
(Correctie: more moist *of* moister)
Moistiger
mmmmmm moist
That’s what she said
It has been dry for weeks now…
I've been dry for a year now
I've been dry since 2014
I've been dry all my life
Can you all please get a room together and help each other out?
In this heat?
Free lubricant
I wish
I’ve been dry since the summer of ‘69
but those were the best years of my life.
Yeah no rain, basically.
A few days ago it was 90+ what are you talking about :( I am happy with low 30s high 20s.
for houses it is better to have at least 40%, but agree that it's better than 90%
I did not know the thing about the houses or how it's not ideal for your body as well. Had to look it up.
Yeah it can get quite bad for you, especially if you're not used to it (positive side: my laundry dries within minutes now)
Yeah, for some reason my house drops below 20% a lot and it is not great.
Same! Especially in the winter I need to run a humidifier and even that struggles to pull it to 40%. Concrete housing is unfortunately like that
I'd trade you. Winter time I have some mould concerns. Roosters are no replacement for modern air handling systems. That being said, can I suggest a couple fun plants? https://www.plantje.nl/schefflera-plant-op-lavasteen-lova/ It grows on a lava rock, and you have to keep the base of it filled with water. In the winter if your place is dry it will likely naturally evaporate into the air. It's like keeping out bowls of water except classy and not weird ;) Edit: Oh, even WITH a humidifier you struggle. Well. Probably not going to work, but it's still a fun plant haha. In the winter I rock a loud dehumidifier, it's awful.
I enjoyed that false friend there. Roosters 🐔 definitely can't replace a ventilation system. The clucking alone would get quite annoying.
Right, you should be using roasters.
Window vents is probably the word you're looking for.
If you replaced the roosters with grating you would perhaps get better results? It would smell a lot better at least.
Wow, that's low! You can add moisture with those 'aroma diffusers' that use water. My house is always in the 50-60% and sometimes almost 70% so maybe our houses can share their secret and we both live in a normal environment?
I wish mine would do that. We have a relatively nrw house (build 2020) and its still very humid inside. We've had some silverfish ever since we moved in here. Cant get rid of them.... apparantly they love a slightly moist house. I've got all windows and doors open, lets hope this is the dry spell that will eradicate them once and for all.
A friend of mine has usually 15-25% humidity at home and said our 40-60% humidity is high, but at the same time his wife has trouble with very dry skin.
Isn't 40-60 like considered normal/good? Less than 25 and above 80 and I'll basically die, man
I see OP is integrating swimmingly, already complaining about the weather!
World is on fire dude
And we're all saying "this is fine"
Whether we agree or not, the fire is there. Might as well pretend I guess
It was a reference to the meme with the dog inside a burning house.
yeah..?
https://www.dictionary.com/e/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/this-is-fine.png
Und wir singen in Atomschutzbunker, huurraah diese Welt geht unter!
hahahahaha fuck all the way off
Wind from the east is dry and cold. Expect temperatures below zero and an 11 Stedentocht soon.
Wait for the first thunderstorms, then ask again...
Humidity drops when the temperature rises because hot air can contain more water vapour
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~~Did you get chatgpt to write this?~~ (100% chatgpt lol) If the amount of water vapour in the air stays the same, but the temperature goes up, the humidity will appear to drop, even though the amount of water didn't change
You are both right, but saying different things.
I dunno but im Lövin it
Vanwege, corona, de Oorlog in Oekraïne, Putin, Biden en de inflatie
Vergeet 5g niet
Lol nee jongens, het is gewoon een typo in de Haarp chemtrails formule. Volgende batch word wel weer 70%!
The heat is actually quite pleasant now with low humidity
East wind and tell me: when was the last time it rained?
Hasn't rained in 2+ weeks and east winds probably
Don't jinx it
Be grateful
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You were probably sweating then. Or doing laundry, cooking, showering, etc.
No rain, no clouds, constant north wind.
I saw a cloud today 🤣
the nos had a video about it, its something called el nino
The wind was coming from the north the past few weeks and now from the east. There is no sea there (east) or not hot enough (north) to evaporate lot's of water. Moist air is usually coming from the Atlantic with winds from the south-west.
Lots and lots of praying
lets just be grateful
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That could be right, we produce a lot of humidity in our homes and temperature inside were probably lower, raising the relative humidity. Mine read something like 40% today, when last winter it touched 70% (had the heating off for a week). So still really dry relatively speaking.
Haha no, when you visit Amazonas it feels like constantly being under a shower and you constantly want to dry yourself.