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david-gputoday at 11:09 AM2 repliesview on HN

> The problem that high humidity cold causes is increased convection

Can you help me understand? How does higher relative humidity increase convection?


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forgotTheLasttoday at 12:33 PM

Humid air has higher heat capacity and higher heat conductivity than dry air which both increase convective heat loss.

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rawgabbittoday at 5:51 PM

I think he was talking about the weather conditions. Cold weather fronts with high humidity means strong winds.