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Old May 11th, 2008, 22:54   #3
tgrayson
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Default Re: Humidity and Density Altitude

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Originally Posted by mhcasey View Post
So does humidity have a significant effect on density altitude, or not?
It's clear that it does. You'll find a number of density altitude calculators around on the web. Here's one:

http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_da_rh.htm

Plug in values for sea level on a 100 degree F day, with humidities of 0 and 100%, and you'll see a difference of over 800 feet.
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