Sometimes people believe things that are nonsense

[James McGinn]

Sometimes people believe things that are nonsense because they have painted themselves into a corner with their assumptions and believing in nonsense is the only option that remains to save them from appearing to be complete fools. The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere. It is universally believed by all meteorologists yet, strangely, not one of them would claim knowledge of a test or experiment to demonstrate its validity. Stranger still, what little empirical evidence we do have decidedly indicates that the notion fails. This notion has evolved into a taboo within the disciplines that study the atmosphere, the primary champions and enforcers of this taboo being meteorologists, most of whom for which the issue is a mute point in that they exclusively work with synoptic charts (cold fronts, warm fronts and such, usually displayed on computer screens) and, therefore, the notion is never applied in the context of their daily duties. Only for a very small subset of meteorologists—those that deal with the severe weather and, even then, only those that deal with the theoretical aspects thereof—does this notion have any real significance. But for these few the effect is intellectually devastating, rendering them feckless, incapable of making any kind of real progress in the discipline. One consequence of this being that the theoretical aspects of the study of severe weather have come to epitomize academic vapidity. And there really isn’t much any of them can do about it in that belief in the concept is a prerequisite for being taken seriously by any of the various stakeholders in the discipline. But at least they don’t look like complete fools.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16329

[Michael J. Strickland]

On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
<***@gmail.com> wrote:

...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits. Technically,
its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity. As it spreads out, colliding and mixing
with the heavier air molecules, it loses kinetic energy (cools) due to
the work it does against atmospheric pressure. By the time it reaches
saturation density (100% humidity) it has become translucent (almost
transparent) instead of opaque. If its density increases beyond
saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or further cooling, it
forms water droplets (clouds).

As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses
into water droplets (clouds). As water vapor condenses into a cloud,
the volume reduction (vapor to liquid) reduces the outward positive
pressure of the cloud and allows more moisture laden air to flow into
the cloud. This effect causes the cloud to grow in all directions.

Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far. The resultant vapor rises upward
again to the top of the cloud and condenses again to repeat the cycle.
The energy required to vaporize a droplet increases with the mass of
the droplet (cube of the droplet radius ) but the energy acquired from
falling friction increases only as the square of the droplet radius.
Thus the larger the droplet, the farther it falls before evaporating
again.

As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form. They are larger because the vapor molecules are
moving slower and more nucleate (stick together) per second. These
larger, colder droplets eventually survive the trip falling through
the cloud and (and air below the cloud) without vaporizing. They hit
the ground as rain drops.

Mike
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Michael J. Strickland Reston, VA
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[James McGinn]

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits. Technically,
its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity. As it spreads out, colliding and mixing
with the heavier air molecules, it loses kinetic energy (cools) due to
the work it does against atmospheric pressure. By the time it reaches
saturation density (100% humidity) it has become translucent (almost
transparent) instead of opaque. If its density increases beyond
saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or further cooling, it
forms water droplets (clouds).
As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses
into water droplets (clouds). As water vapor condenses into a cloud,
the volume reduction (vapor to liquid) reduces the outward positive
pressure of the cloud and allows more moisture laden air to flow into
the cloud. This effect causes the cloud to grow in all directions.
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far. The resultant vapor rises upward
again to the top of the cloud and condenses again to repeat the cycle.
The energy required to vaporize a droplet increases with the mass of
the droplet (cube of the droplet radius ) but the energy acquired from
falling friction increases only as the square of the droplet radius.
Thus the larger the droplet, the farther it falls before evaporating
again.
As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form. They are larger because the vapor molecules are
moving slower and more nucleate (stick together) per second. These
larger, colder droplets eventually survive the trip falling through
the cloud and (and air below the cloud) without vaporizing. They hit
the ground as rain drops.
Mike
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Michael J. Strickland Reston, VA
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This is a perfectly stupid explanation.

[James McGinn]

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density.

Steam is monomolecular H2O.



The steam coming

Post by Michael J. Strickland
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density

Absurd. You are a clueless pretender. Typical

Post by Michael J. Strickland
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits.Technically,
its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity. As it spreads out,

Plainly a dumb assertions.



colliding and mixing

Post by Michael J. Strickland
with the heavier air molecules, it loses kinetic energy (cools) due to
the work it does against atmospheric pressure. By the time it reaches
saturation density (100% humidity) it has become translucent (almost
transparent) instead of opaque.

It's not steam ambient temps It's water suspended in air, which surrounds us all the time.


If its density increases beyond

Post by Michael J. Strickland
saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or further cooling, it
forms water droplets (clouds).
As water vapor (much lighter than air)

Water vapor is always heavier than air, all other factors being the same.



rises and cools, it condenses

Post by Michael J. Strickland
into water droplets (clouds). As water vapor condenses into a cloud,
the volume reduction (vapor to liquid) reduces the outward positive
pressure of the cloud and allows more moisture laden air to flow into
the cloud. This effect causes the cloud to grow in all directions.

cloud grows?

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far. The resultant vapor rises upward
again to the top of the cloud and condenses again to repeat the cycle.
The energy required to vaporize a droplet increases with the mass of
the droplet (cube of the droplet radius ) but the energy acquired from
falling friction increases only as the square of the droplet radius.
Thus the larger the droplet, the farther it falls before evaporating
again.

You barely even have a coherent point.

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form. They are larger because the vapor molecules are
moving slower and more nucleate (stick together) per second. These
larger, colder droplets eventually survive the trip falling through
the cloud and (and air below the cloud) without vaporizing. They hit
the ground as rain drops.
Mike
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Michael J. Strickland Reston, VA
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[noTthaTguY]

of course, a single HOH is a lot lighter than OO, NN etc. ur argon

Post by James McGinn
is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.
Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits. Technically,
its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity. As it spreads out, colliding and mixing
with the heavier air molecules, it loses kinetic energy (cools) due to
the work it does against atmospheric pressure. By the time it reaches
saturation density (100% humidity) it has become translucent (almost
transparent) instead of opaque. If its density increases beyond
saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or further cooling, it
forms water droplets (clouds).
As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses

[James McGinn]

38% lighter
18/29

So it's more than half

2 or more in a droplet/cluster most likely never less than ten molecules per

[p***@volcanomail.com]

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits.

Steam in clear, not opaque.

[noTthaTguY]

known as "lensing e.g;
it would be interesgting to develop the lensing property
of 2HOH, to see how it is different
from that of a HOH

Post by p***@volcanomail.com

Post by Michael J. Strickland
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits.

Steam in clear, not opaque.

[Sergio]

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits. Technically,
its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity. As it spreads out, colliding and mixing
with the heavier air molecules, it loses kinetic energy (cools) due to
the work it does against atmospheric pressure. By the time it reaches
saturation density (100% humidity) it has become translucent (almost
transparent) instead of opaque. If its density increases beyond
saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or further cooling, it
forms water droplets (clouds).
As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses
into water droplets (clouds). As water vapor condenses into a cloud,
the volume reduction (vapor to liquid) reduces the outward positive
pressure of the cloud and allows more moisture laden air to flow into
the cloud. This effect causes the cloud to grow in all directions.
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far. The resultant vapor rises upward
again to the top of the cloud and condenses again to repeat the cycle.
The energy required to vaporize a droplet increases with the mass of
the droplet (cube of the droplet radius ) but the energy acquired from
falling friction increases only as the square of the droplet radius.
Thus the larger the droplet, the farther it falls before evaporating
again.
As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form. They are larger because the vapor molecules are
moving slower and more nucleate (stick together) per second. These
larger, colder droplets eventually survive the trip falling through
the cloud and (and air below the cloud) without vaporizing. They hit
the ground as rain drops.
Mike
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Michael J. Strickland Reston, VA
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Those sound like facts.

James McGinn (McFly) does not deal with facts, he is lost deep within
his imagination, and can't get out.

[James McGinn]

So, uh, what is boiling temp of H2O?

[noTthaTguY]

it may be possible to seek the method
by whci steamtables were generated, say,
in the sauna

Post by James McGinn
So, uh, what is boiling temp of H2O?

[noTthaTguY]

or the steampower association boilerrOOm

Post by noTthaTguY
in the sauna

Post by James McGinn
So, uh, what is boiling temp of H2O?

[James McGinn]

Post by Sergio

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits. Technically,
its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity. As it spreads out, colliding and mixing
with the heavier air molecules, it loses kinetic energy (cools) due to
the work it does against atmospheric pressure. By the time it reaches
saturation density (100% humidity) it has become translucent (almost
transparent) instead of opaque. If its density increases beyond
saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or further cooling, it
forms water droplets (clouds).
As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses
into water droplets (clouds). As water vapor condenses into a cloud,
the volume reduction (vapor to liquid) reduces the outward positive
pressure of the cloud and allows more moisture laden air to flow into
the cloud. This effect causes the cloud to grow in all directions.
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far. The resultant vapor rises upward
again to the top of the cloud and condenses again to repeat the cycle.
The energy required to vaporize a droplet increases with the mass of
the droplet (cube of the droplet radius ) but the energy acquired from
falling friction increases only as the square of the droplet radius.
Thus the larger the droplet, the farther it falls before evaporating
again.
As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form. They are larger because the vapor molecules are
moving slower and more nucleate (stick together) per second. These
larger, colder droplets eventually survive the trip falling through
the cloud and (and air below the cloud) without vaporizing. They hit
the ground as rain drops.
Mike
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Michael J. Strickland Reston, VA
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Those sound like facts.
James McGinn (McFly) does not deal with facts, he is lost deep within
his imagination, and can't get out.

Sergio, you're so dumb, why do you even come here?

[p***@gmail.com]

Post by James McGinn
Sergio, you're so dumb, why do you even come here?

I was going to ask you that same thing. After all, I have a mud fence out back that is smarter than you are...

[Sergio]

Post by p***@gmail.com

Post by James McGinn
Sergio, you're so dumb, why do you even come here?

I was going to ask you that same thing. After all, I have a mud fence out back that is smarter than you are...

Poor James, he suffers from "Desiccated Brain Syndrome", DBS, may be
caused by lack of sufficient water vapor.

DBS is also know as "Brain Fog".

He shouldn't try to fool Mother Nature.

http://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/810340/what-you-need-to-know-about-brain-fog

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Post by Sergio
Those sound like facts.

Sound: yes; are: for the most part, no.

Post by Sergio
James McGinn (McFly) does not deal with facts, he is lost deep within
his imagination, and can't get out.

Apparently he is not the only one.

[James McGinn]

Post by Sergio

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits. Technically,
its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity. As it spreads out, colliding and mixing
with the heavier air molecules, it loses kinetic energy (cools) due to
the work it does against atmospheric pressure. By the time it reaches
saturation density (100% humidity) it has become translucent (almost
transparent) instead of opaque. If its density increases beyond
saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or further cooling, it
forms water droplets (clouds).
As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses
into water droplets (clouds). As water vapor condenses into a cloud,
the volume reduction (vapor to liquid) reduces the outward positive
pressure of the cloud and allows more moisture laden air to flow into
the cloud. This effect causes the cloud to grow in all directions.
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far. The resultant vapor rises upward
again to the top of the cloud and condenses again to repeat the cycle.
The energy required to vaporize a droplet increases with the mass of
the droplet (cube of the droplet radius ) but the energy acquired from
falling friction increases only as the square of the droplet radius.
Thus the larger the droplet, the farther it falls before evaporating
again.
As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form. They are larger because the vapor molecules are
moving slower and more nucleate (stick together) per second. These
larger, colder droplets eventually survive the trip falling through
the cloud and (and air below the cloud) without vaporizing. They hit
the ground as rain drops.
Mike
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Michael J. Strickland Reston, VA
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Those sound like facts.
James McGinn (McFly) does not deal with facts, he is lost deep within
his imagination, and can't get out.

Anything remotely credible that matches what a church lady want to believe is believed.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can
persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits.

Partially true. It is not the steam that is over 100 % humidity, but the
*air* is (i.e., there is more water in the air that it can hold; the warmer
the air, the more water it can hold), *therefore* there is steam.

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Technically, its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity.

Nonsense.

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As it spreads out, colliding and mixing with the heavier air molecules, it
loses kinetic energy (cools) due to the work it does against atmospheric
pressure. By the time it reaches saturation density (100% humidity) it has
become translucent (almost transparent) instead of opaque. If its density
increases beyond saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or
further cooling, it forms water droplets (clouds).

I am not sure that is a completely correct description either.

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses
into water droplets (clouds).

You have omitted the most important part of the story. For a gas to
condense to drops that results in clouds, it does not suffice that its
temperature is reduced; there has to be something *solid* that it can
*condense on*. Condensation of water vapor to clouds is possible because
the air in our atmosphere is not clean: small dust particles (e.g., carried
away from deserts and ground soil, and from air pollution caused by humans),
which in this context are called *condensation nuclei*, are intermixed with
it, and the water vapor condenses *on them* (just like it condenses on a
pane of window glass; the scientific term of that is *phase boundary*).

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain>

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As water vapor condenses into a cloud, the volume reduction (vapor to
liquid) reduces the outward positive pressure of the cloud and allows
more moisture laden air to flow into the cloud. This effect causes the
cloud to grow in all directions.

How did you get that idea?

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far.

Instead, those "droplets" at the top of a cloud are actually condensation
nuclei surrounded by then-*frozen* *solid* water *ice*. They fall down
eventually because there comes a point when their mass becomes to great for
any upwardly directed airstream (as warm air rises, and the planet’s crust
is continuously warmed by its main star) to hold in suspense. Depending on
the temperature in and below the cloud they *melt* or even evaporate in the
process. [AFAIK, it is _not_ any “frictional heating” that determines what
kind of precipitation, if any, can be expected from falling out of a cloud,
but temperature and wind conditions in the lower part and below the cloud
(technically, there is snow/hail from *every* cloud; you can see that in
winter or in polar areas when and where the temperature of the air below the
cloud is not high enough to melt the snowflakes/ice pellets). When the
temperature below the cloud is just high enough for the falling
pellets/drops to evaporate before they reach the ground, you can see
/virga/, “falling streaks”, below the cloud. The friction between falling
and rising particles in the cloud, however, allows for a separation of
electrical charges and the cloud to be statically electrically charged,
which leads to lightnings as the form of resulting electric discharge inside
a large cloud, between clouds, or clouds and the ground.]

In weather modification, there is “cloud seeding”: clouds are seeded from
airplanes with drops of silver iodide as artificial condensation nuclei;
either to form clouds that can rain of where there would have been little to
none naturally (i.e., over arid regions and deserts), or to have existing
clouds rain off before they become to large (you want enough rain, but not
100 % cloud coverage for your plants; and you want rain, not a hailstorm,
down on your crops – as cumulus clouds grow *upwards* to develop towards
cumulonimbuses, they become more likely to be a source of a hailstorm due to
the much lower temperatures in the upper atmosphere).

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding>

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form.

Not drops, but pellets of *water ice* frozen on dust particles. They are
not drops of (dirty) water until shortly before, or after they leave the
cloud. The temperature and air pressure are much too low there for liquid
water to exist (down to ca. 220 K/−53.15 °C and 0.5 bar/500 hPa near the
tropopause, according to the 1962 US Standard Atmosphere Graph; cf. NIST
standard conditions: 293.15 K/20 °C and 1.01325 bar/1013.25 hPa).

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_temperature>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=water+phase+diagram&dataset=>

Post by Michael J. Strickland
They are larger because the vapor molecules are moving slower and more
nucleate (stick together) per second.

No, they can get larger because as the water *freezes* on the condensation
nuclei, more *water* can *freeze* on the resulting ice pellets. It is the
same that happens when your tongue, wet with the water of the saliva, can
get stuck on a really cold and wet piece of soft-ice cream, or your hands,
wet with water of the skin, are stuck when touching the inside of a freezer
[you can get severe injuries this way; kids, do not try that at home, and
always wear thick insulating gloves when you are experimenting with dry ice
(solid carbon dioxide)].

I strongly recommend that you read the chapters on thermodynamics of the
Feynman Lectures on Physics, and introductory material on meteorology (such
as what I just gave to you) to clarify some of your misconceptions about
(water) vapor and clouds.

<http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/>

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
In weather modification, there is “cloud seeding”: clouds are seeded from
airplanes with drops of silver iodide as artificial condensation nuclei;
either to form clouds that can rain of where there would have been little

^^
_off_

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
to none naturally (i.e., over arid regions and deserts), or to have
existing clouds rain off before they become to large (you want enough

^^
_too_

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
rain, but not 100 % cloud coverage for your plants; and you want rain, not
a hailstorm, down on your crops – as cumulus clouds grow *upwards* to
develop towards cumulonimbuses, they become more likely to be a source of

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Also possible: “cumulonimbi”, according to the Oxford Dictionary of British
& World English, which is the form closer to the Latin original.

<http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/nimbus>
<http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/cumulonimbus>
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nimbus#Latin>

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
a hailstorm due to the much lower temperatures in the upper atmosphere).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding>

[Poutnik]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits.

Partially true. It is not the steam that is over 100 % humidity, but the
*air* is (i.e., there is more water in the air that it can hold; the warmer
the air, the more water it can hold), *therefore* there is steam.

In fact, it does not have much to do with air.
Air does not hold it, it can be vacuum as well.

Air just marginally modifies the vapour fugacity*),
compared to the pure vapour.

*) equivalent pressure of ideal gas with the same chemical potential

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Post by Poutnik

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits.

Partially true. It is not the steam that is over 100 % humidity, but the
*air* is (i.e., there is more water in the air that it can hold; the
warmer the air, the more water it can hold), *therefore* there is steam.

In fact, it does not have much to do with air.
Air does not hold it, it can be vacuum as well.

Incorrect. Air *contains* water vapour because it mainly consists of other
gases that water molecules can diffuse into.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_chemistry>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vapor>

Post by Poutnik
Air just marginally modifies the vapour fugacity*),
compared to the pure vapour.
*) equivalent pressure of ideal gas with the same chemical potential

How did you get that idea?

[Odd Bodkin]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Incorrect. Air *contains* water vapour because it mainly consists of other
gases that water molecules can diffuse into.

What? Are you saying that water vapor cannot exist in an airless region
of space?

Are you sure about that?
Have you looked at your own link below?

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vapor>

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Post by Odd Bodkin

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Incorrect. Air *contains* water vapour because it mainly consists of
other gases that water molecules can diffuse into.

What? Are you saying that water vapor cannot exist in an airless region
of space?

No.

[Poutnik]

Post by Odd Bodkin

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Incorrect. Air *contains* water vapour because it mainly consists of
other gases that water molecules can diffuse into.

What? Are you saying that water vapor cannot exist in an airless region
of space?

No.

Correct.

The saturated water vapour pressure over liquid water or ice
is practical the same for given temperature in gases and in vacuum,
supposing not too high gas pressure and inert non polar gas.

The curves are different for liquid water and ice
and intersect at the triple point, being steeper for ice.

[Poutnik]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Poutnik

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits.

Partially true. It is not the steam that is over 100 % humidity, but the
*air* is (i.e., there is more water in the air that it can hold; the
warmer the air, the more water it can hold), *therefore* there is steam.

In fact, it does not have much to do with air.
Air does not hold it, it can be vacuum as well.

Incorrect. Air *contains* water vapour because it mainly consists of other
gases that water molecules can diffuse into.

Sure, it contains it. So does vacuum would.
( But it would not be vacuum any more, of course )

Using vapour being hold may mislead some person
to think like if it was hold by air molecules in vapour state
and it would condensate without air.

How much water vapour can be contained in air volume
at given temperature is not attribute of air,
but of water itself. A saturated vapour pressure
depends on temperature, but not on presence of other gases,
with the fugacity note.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_chemistry>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vapor>

I need not study these facts from Wikipedia,
neither you would from your area of expertise
that I do not deny you have.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Poutnik
Air just marginally modifies the vapour fugacity*),
compared to the pure vapour.
*) equivalent pressure of ideal gas with the same chemical potential

How did you get that idea?

Every chemistry graduate should get that idea.

I have studied analytical and physical chemistry,
and during that time physics of atmosphere and airfield meteorology
for that time mandatory army service.

[Claudius Denk]

Post by Poutnik

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits.

Partially true. It is not the steam that is over 100 % humidity, but the
*air* is (i.e., there is more water in the air that it can hold; the warmer
the air, the more water it can hold), *therefore* there is steam.

In fact, it does not have much to do with air.
Air does not hold it, it can be vacuum as well.

Surreal. Vacuum is zero air pressure. Look at a steam table every once in a while.

[James McGinn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can
persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits.

Partially true. It is not the steam that is over 100 % humidity, but the
*air* is (i.e., there is more water in the air that it can hold; the warmer
the air, the more water it can hold), *therefore* there is steam.

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Technically, its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity.

Nonsense.

Right.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As it spreads out, colliding and mixing with the heavier air molecules, it
loses kinetic energy (cools) due to the work it does against atmospheric
pressure. By the time it reaches saturation density (100% humidity) it has
become translucent (almost transparent) instead of opaque. If its density
increases beyond saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or
further cooling, it forms water droplets (clouds).

I am not sure that is a completely correct description either.

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses
into water droplets (clouds).

You have omitted the most important part of the story. For a gas to
condense to drops that results in clouds, it does not suffice that its
temperature is reduced; there has to be something *solid* that it can
*condense on*. Condensation of water vapor to clouds is possible because
the air in our atmosphere is not clean: small dust particles (e.g., carried
away from deserts and ground soil, and from air pollution caused by humans),
which in this context are called *condensation nuclei*, are intermixed with
it, and the water vapor condenses *on them* (just like it condenses on a
pane of window glass; the scientific term of that is *phase boundary*).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain>

Actually, this is just superstition. The notion is just another untested conjecture that has accepted without proper consideration.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As water vapor condenses into a cloud, the volume reduction (vapor to
liquid) reduces the outward positive pressure of the cloud and allows
more moisture laden air to flow into the cloud. This effect causes the
cloud to grow in all directions.

How did you get that idea?

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far.

Instead, those "droplets" at the top of a cloud are actually condensation
nuclei surrounded by then-*frozen* *solid* water *ice*. They fall down
eventually because there comes a point when their mass becomes to great for
any upwardly directed airstream (as warm air rises, and the planet’s crust
is continuously warmed by its main star) to hold in suspense. Depending on
the temperature in and below the cloud they *melt* or even evaporate in the
process. [AFAIK, it is _not_ any “frictional heating” that determines what
kind of precipitation, if any, can be expected from falling out of a cloud,
but temperature and wind conditions in the lower part and below the cloud
(technically, there is snow/hail from *every* cloud; you can see that in
winter or in polar areas when and where the temperature of the air below the
cloud is not high enough to melt the snowflakes/ice pellets). When the
temperature below the cloud is just high enough for the falling
pellets/drops to evaporate before they reach the ground, you can see
/virga/, “falling streaks”, below the cloud. The friction between falling
and rising particles in the cloud, however, allows for a separation of
electrical charges and the cloud to be statically electrically charged,
which leads to lightnings as the form of resulting electric discharge inside
a large cloud, between clouds, or clouds and the ground.]
In weather modification, there is “cloud seeding”: clouds are seeded from
airplanes with drops of silver iodide as artificial condensation nuclei;
either to form clouds that can rain of where there would have been little to
none naturally (i.e., over arid regions and deserts), or to have existing
clouds rain off before they become to large (you want enough rain, but not
100 % cloud coverage for your plants; and you want rain, not a hailstorm,
down on your crops – as cumulus clouds grow *upwards* to develop towards
cumulonimbuses, they become more likely to be a source of a hailstorm due to
the much lower temperatures in the upper atmosphere).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding>

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form.

Not drops, but pellets of *water ice* frozen on dust particles. They are
not drops of (dirty) water until shortly before, or after they leave the
cloud. The temperature and air pressure are much too low there for liquid
water to exist (down to ca. 220 K/−53.15 °C and 0.5 bar/500 hPa near the
tropopause, according to the 1962 US Standard Atmosphere Graph; cf. NIST
standard conditions: 293.15 K/20 °C and 1.01325 bar/1013.25 hPa).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_temperature>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=water+phase+diagram&dataset=>

Post by Michael J. Strickland
They are larger because the vapor molecules are moving slower and more
nucleate (stick together) per second.

No, they can get larger because as the water *freezes* on the condensation
nuclei, more *water* can *freeze* on the resulting ice pellets. It is the
same that happens when your tongue, wet with the water of the saliva, can
get stuck on a really cold and wet piece of soft-ice cream, or your hands,
wet with water of the skin, are stuck when touching the inside of a freezer
[you can get severe injuries this way; kids, do not try that at home, and
always wear thick insulating gloves when you are experimenting with dry ice
(solid carbon dioxide)].
I strongly recommend that you read the chapters on thermodynamics of the
Feynman Lectures on Physics, and introductory material on meteorology (such
as what I just gave to you) to clarify some of your misconceptions about
(water) vapor and clouds.
<http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/>
--
PointedEars
Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Attribution _line_, *not* attribution novel.

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses
into water droplets (clouds).

You have omitted the most important part of the story. For a gas to
condense to drops that results in clouds, it does not suffice that its
temperature is reduced; there has to be something *solid* that it can
*condense on*. Condensation of water vapor to clouds is possible because
the air in our atmosphere is not clean: small dust particles (e.g.,
carried away from deserts and ground soil, and from air pollution caused
by humans), which in this context are called *condensation nuclei*, are
intermixed with it, and the water vapor condenses *on them* (just like it
condenses on a pane of window glass; the scientific term of that is
*phase boundary*).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain>

Actually, this is just superstition. The notion is just another untested
conjecture that has accepted without proper consideration.

You are wrong. This mechanism is well-researched since at least the 1930s:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wegener%E2%80%93Bergeron%E2%80%93Findeisen_process>

Cloud seeding, based on it, works. Read what I referred to now and until
now, and follow the references therein.

Please trim your quotes to the relevant parts. It is inappropriate behavior
in Usenet to quote all of a long posting just to post a short statement.

[James McGinn]

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:
This mechanism is well-researched since at least the 1930s:

James McGinn:
Who cares? The same is true for paranormal phenomena.

Do you have any reproducible experimental evidence? Obviously you don't, right?

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

James McGinn wrote:

[Fixed quotation style]

Post by James McGinn
Who cares? The same is true for paranormal phenomena.

By “well-researched” I mean theories *confirmed by independent experiments*.

Learn to quote.

Post by James McGinn
Do you have any reproducible experimental evidence?

Yes, and I have posted it. You are ignoring it, so that you can keep
arguing from ignorance.

Post by James McGinn
Obviously you don't, right?

Obviously there is no evidence that you would accept.

[James McGinn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
[Fixed quotation style]

Post by James McGinn
Who cares? The same is true for paranormal phenomena.

By “well-researched” I mean theories *confirmed by independent experiments*.
Learn to quote.

Post by James McGinn
Do you have any reproducible experimental evidence?

Yes, and I have posted it. You are ignoring it, so that you can keep
arguing from ignorance.

Post by James McGinn
Obviously you don't, right?

Obviously there is no evidence that you would accept.
--
PointedEars
Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.

Your imagination isn't evidence.

[James McGinn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
You have omitted the most important part of the story. For a gas to
condense to drops that results in clouds, it does not suffice that its
temperature is reduced; there has to be something *solid* that it can
*condense on*.

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested. So it is just a conjecture or superstition.

There is no gaseous H2O in earth's atmosphere. This notion is just superstition.




Condensation of water vapor to clouds is possible because

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
the air in our atmosphere is not clean: small dust particles (e.g., carried
away from deserts and ground soil, and from air pollution caused by humans),
which in this context are called *condensation nuclei*, are intermixed with
it, and the water vapor condenses *on them* (just like it condenses on a
pane of window glass; the scientific term of that is *phase boundary*).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain>

Wikipedia is nonsense. But so is most meteorology.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As water vapor condenses into a cloud, the volume reduction (vapor to
liquid) reduces the outward positive pressure of the cloud and allows
more moisture laden air to flow into the cloud. This effect causes the
cloud to grow in all directions.

How did you get that idea?

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far.

Instead, those "droplets" at the top of a cloud are actually condensation
nuclei surrounded by then-*frozen* *solid* water *ice*.

No, they are droplets. Nuclei is not necessary.



They fall down

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
eventually because there comes a point when their mass becomes to great for
any upwardly directed airstream (as warm air rises, and the planet’s crust
is continuously warmed by its main star) to hold in suspense. Depending on
the temperature in and below the cloud they *melt* or even evaporate in the
process. [AFAIK, it is _not_ any “frictional heating” that determines what
kind of precipitation, if any, can be expected from falling out of a cloud,
but temperature and wind conditions in the lower part and below the cloud
(technically, there is snow/hail from *every* cloud; you can see that in
winter or in polar areas when and where the temperature of the air below the
cloud is not high enough to melt the snowflakes/ice pellets). When the
temperature below the cloud is just high enough for the falling
pellets/drops to evaporate before they reach the ground, you can see
/virga/, “falling streaks”, below the cloud. The friction between falling
and rising particles in the cloud, however, allows for a separation of
electrical charges and the cloud to be statically electrically charged,
which leads to lightnings as the form of resulting electric discharge inside
a large cloud, between clouds, or clouds and the ground.]
In weather modification, there is “cloud seeding”: clouds are seeded from
airplanes with drops of silver iodide as artificial condensation nuclei;
either to form clouds that can rain of where there would have been little to
none naturally (i.e., over arid regions and deserts), or to have existing
clouds rain off before they become to large (you want enough rain, but not
100 % cloud coverage for your plants; and you want rain, not a hailstorm,
down on your crops – as cumulus clouds grow *upwards* to develop towards
cumulonimbuses, they become more likely to be a source of a hailstorm due to
the much lower temperatures in the upper atmosphere).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding>

Post by Michael J. Strickland
As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form.

Not drops, but pellets of *water ice* frozen on dust particles. They are
not drops of (dirty) water until shortly before, or after they leave the
cloud. The temperature and air pressure are much too low there for liquid
water to exist (down to ca. 220 K/−53.15 °C and 0.5 bar/500 hPa near the
tropopause, according to the 1962 US Standard Atmosphere Graph; cf. NIST
standard conditions: 293.15 K/20 °C and 1.01325 bar/1013.25 hPa).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_temperature>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=water+phase+diagram&dataset=>

Post by Michael J. Strickland
They are larger because the vapor molecules are moving slower and more
nucleate (stick together) per second.

No, they can get larger because as the water *freezes* on the condensation
nuclei, more *water* can *freeze* on the resulting ice pellets. It is the
same that happens when your tongue, wet with the water of the saliva, can
get stuck on a really cold and wet piece of soft-ice cream, or your hands,
wet with water of the skin, are stuck when touching the inside of a freezer
[you can get severe injuries this way; kids, do not try that at home, and
always wear thick insulating gloves when you are experimenting with dry ice
(solid carbon dioxide)].
I strongly recommend that you read the chapters on thermodynamics of the
Feynman Lectures on Physics, and introductory material on meteorology (such
as what I just gave to you) to clarify some of your misconceptions about
(water) vapor and clouds.
<http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/>
--
PointedEars
Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
You have omitted the most important part of the story. For a gas to
condense to drops that results in clouds, it does not suffice that its
temperature is reduced; there has to be something *solid* that it can
*condense on*.

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.

,-
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wegener%E2%80%93Bergeron%E2%80%93Findeisen_process>
|
| […]
| In the late 1930s, German meteorologist Walter Findeisen extended and
| refined Bergeron's work through both theoretical and experimental work.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

It is tested and confirmed every time cloud seeding works.

Post by James McGinn
So it is just a conjecture or superstition.

Ex falso quodlibet.

Post by James McGinn
There is no gaseous H2O in earth's atmosphere. This notion is just superstition.

If so, where do the forms of precipitation (e.g., rain, hail, snow, dew;
commonly known as being the result of condensation/freezing of atmospheric
water) come from?

If so, where do frostings in winter (commonly known as being the result of
resublimation of atmospheric water) come from?

If so, where does the liquid water of lakes and puddles go to on warm days
(commonly known as the result of evaporation of water)?

If so, why are there *always* more clouds over regions with rivers and
forests, over lakes, seas and oceans than over dry land, in particular over
deserts?

(More practical:) If so, where does the additional ice in the freezer come
from if you leave it open for too long (commonly known as being the result
of resublimation of atmospheric water)?


You can do a simple experiment to test your assumption:

Build an aquarium (any container which, provably, was dry and when closed up
does let any phase of water pass, suffices), fill it with warm air from the
atmosphere (in the nothern hemisphere it is summer now, so this is easy to
do), and close it up. Bring it into a cooler place, for example put it into
a fridge (that is the fastest way to test). Observe what happens.

I predict that the longer you wait and the lower the temperature, the more
droplets of liquid you will observe on the *inside* of whatever adequate
container you chose. As you examine the liquid, you will find that has all
the properties of water. As you have ascertained before that the container
did not let any phase of water pass, where does the liquid water on the
inside come from?

Answer: It MUST have come from the *air* that you let in before.
Conclusion: There is gaseous water, water vapour, in the air.

Surely you will accept as an axiom that Earth’s atmosphere consists of air.

Corollary: There *is* gaseous water in Earth’s atmosphere. Which disproves
your claim. ∎

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far.

Instead, those "droplets" at the top of a cloud are actually condensation
nuclei surrounded by then-*frozen* *solid* water *ice*.

No, they are droplets. Nuclei is not necessary.

This statement is inconsistent with your claim above.

Either there *is* gaseous water in the atmosphere, only then it can condense
to droplets, freeze to ice (which they have to: we *know* how cold it is
above as we *measured* it numerous times with weather balloons – it is below
the melting point of water, below 0 °C), on which more water can freeze and
so on.

Or there is *no* gaseous water in the atmosphere, then it does not matter if
condensation nuclei are dust particles or ice because where there is no
water, nothing can condense. For we *know* that the temperatures where
there are clouds are at minimum −57 °C, not low enough, and that the
pressures are at maximum 232 mbar, not high enough, for the other main gases
in the atmosphere to condensate:

<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=troposphere+vs.+tropopause+vs.
+stratosphere>

<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=nitrogen+phase+diagram>
[as an example to show that the conditions are best for condensation at high
pressure and low temperature. so let us test the phase of the three main
atmospheric gases there:]

<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=atmosphere+composition>

<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=nitrogen+phase+at+-57+%C2%B0C+and+232+mbar>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=oxygen+phase+at+-57+%C2%B0C+and+232+mbar>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=water+phase+at+-57+%C2%B0C+and+232+mbar>)

Again, please trim your quotes.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Build an aquarium (any container which, provably, was dry and when closed
up does let any phase of water pass, suffices), […]

does _not_

[Poutnik]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
You have omitted the most important part of the story. For a gas to
condense to drops that results in clouds, it does not suffice that its
temperature is reduced; there has to be something *solid* that it can
*condense on*.

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.

Thomas, I wish you good luck with James, really.
As fighting stupidity can rarely be won.

[James McGinn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
You have omitted the most important part of the story. For a gas to
condense to drops that results in clouds, it does not suffice that its
temperature is reduced; there has to be something *solid* that it can
*condense on*.

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.

I am right. You failed to present any reproducible experimental evidence.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
,-
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wegener%E2%80%93Bergeron%E2%80%93Findeisen_process>
|
| […]
| In the late 1930s, German meteorologist Walter Findeisen extended and
| refined Bergeron's work through both theoretical and experimental work.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It is tested and confirmed every time cloud seeding works.

Anecdotal evidence is worthless/misleading. You don't have proof. You just have more consensus-based propaganda.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
So it is just a conjecture or superstition.

Ex falso quodlibet.

Proof?

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
There is no gaseous H2O in earth's atmosphere. This notion is just superstition.

If so, where do the forms of precipitation (e.g., rain, hail, snow, dew;
commonly known as being the result of condensation/freezing of atmospheric
water) come from?

Obviously they come from water droplets that are too small to be seen. Right?

How was this not obvious?

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where do frostings in winter (commonly known as being the result of
resublimation of atmospheric water) come from?

Ditto.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where does the liquid water of lakes and puddles go to on warm days
(commonly known as the result of evaporation of water)?

evaporate (which is liquid suspended in air)

This is obvious stuff.

[p***@gmail.com]

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
You are wrong.

I am right. You failed to present any reproducible experimental evidence.

Look who's talking! Jim, it is YOU who has always failed to present any reproducible experimental evidence, not a single shred!

[James McGinn]

R U brainless?

Don't U think your evidence would have shown up by now, dumbass?

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
You have omitted the most important part of the story. For a gas to
condense to drops that results in clouds, it does not suffice that its
temperature is reduced; there has to be something *solid* that it can
*condense on*.

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.

I am right. You failed to present any reproducible experimental evidence.

First of all, you have made the claim above, so it is up to you to
substantiate it.

Second, a quick search at <http://scholar.google.com/> lists several papers
that present that kind of evidence:

<https://scholar.google.ch/scholar?q=%22condensation+nucleus%22%7C%22condensation+nuclei%22&btnG=&hl=de&as_sdt=0%2C5>

One of the most cited of them is

Petters, M. D., & Kreidenweis, S. M. (2007). A single parameter
representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus
activity. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7(8), 1961-1971.

which has the virtue of being available for free at

<http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/7/1961/2007/acp-7-1961-2007.pdf>

If you read it, you will realize that cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) are a
part of the basic knowledge in meteorology/physics by now *because*
Findeisen et al. *did* those experiments.

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
,-

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wegener%E2%80%93Bergeron%E2%80%93Findeisen_process>

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
|
| […]
| In the late 1930s, German meteorologist Walter Findeisen extended and
| refined Bergeron's work through both theoretical and experimental work.
It is tested and confirmed every time cloud seeding works.

Anecdotal evidence is worthless/misleading.

Findeisen was just the first of many to do experimental work on it in the
last 80 years. To doubt CCNs is therefore akin to doubting the
applicability of Newton’s laws to the non-relativistic case.

But it should be easy to find out. Catch raindrops and let them evaporate
in a clean, isolated Petri dish. If there is anything solid left besides
the Petri dish, then those are the dust particles commonly called CCNs.

Post by James McGinn
You don't have proof.

Yes, I have.

Post by James McGinn
You just have more consensus-based propaganda.

If you cared to read what is being presented to you, you would be forced to
acknowledge that your misconceptions are just that.

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
So it is just a conjecture or superstition.

Ex falso quodlibet.

Proof?

Are you asking me to prove the correctness of “ex falso quodlibet”?

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
There is no gaseous H2O in earth's atmosphere. This notion is just superstition.

If so, where do the forms of precipitation (e.g., rain, hail, snow, dew;
commonly known as being the result of condensation/freezing of
atmospheric water) come from?

Obviously they come from water droplets that are too small to be seen.
Right?

No, for water droplets, i.e. liquid water, to exist, water has to have a
temperature above the melting point of water.

Post by James McGinn
How was this not obvious?

Even small droplets of water have to observe the laws of nature. AISB, at
the temperatures and pressures *measured* in clouds, water is no longer
liquid.

Naturally, as wet warm air rises and cools, first droplets of water form (2)
which freeze, on which more water can freeze, and so on. So you have first
droplets (which is more likely on dust particles), then ice pellets and
bullets with frozen-on droplets [(3) to (5)], or snowflakes, if the
conditions are right (6):

time ------------------------------------------------------------------>

(1) . . . (2) . . . (3) . . . (4) . . . (5) o . o (6) * . *
. . . . . . . . . o o . . * * . . * * . . * * .
. . . . . . . o . . . o * o . . * * * . o * * * o * * * * *
. . . . . . . . . o o . . * * . . * * . . * * .
. . . . . . . . . . . o . o * . *

. – gaseous water (water vapor; diffused into other gases of air)
o – liquid water
* – solid water (water ice)
__
|PE

States (2) to (6) can change back to states (1) to (5) as the particles’
masses become too great for them to be held in suspension by the rising air,
and they fall down. AISB, as for clouds, what kind of precipitation, if
any, reaches the ground depends on the temperature of the air below the
cloud, i.e. how (much) the particle is melting/evaporating. (2) will be
rain, (3) and (4) can be ice pellets or hail, (5) can be graupel, and (6)
will be snow. On the ground, (2) will be dew, and (6) could evolve to
diamond dust.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precipitation>

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Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where do frostings in winter (commonly known as being the result
of resublimation of atmospheric water) come from?

Ditto.

“Water droplets that are too small to be seen” could be an explanation for
frostings. However, for water to be liquid instead of gaseous, there have
to be several water molecules bound by hydrogen bonds:

H H
\ /
O ---- H H ---- O
/ \ / \
H O H
:
:
H
\
H H O ---- H H
\ / / \ /
O ---- H O ---- ...

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bond>

We have the ability to observe hydrogen atoms with microscopes now (since
the scanning tunneling microscope, IBM Research, 1981 [1]), and we *know*
from such observations that resublimation, the instantaneous change from the
gaseous to the solid phase, takes place instead.
_____
[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_tunneling_microscope>

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Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where does the liquid water of lakes and puddles go to on warm
days (commonly known as the result of evaporation of water)?

evaporate (which is liquid suspended in air)

Instead, evaporation is the partial and gradual change of a substance, on
its edges only, from its liquid to its gaseous phase below its boiling
point:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_point>
<http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_01.html#Ch1-S2>

Post by James McGinn
This is obvious stuff.

What you are claiming is obviously *wrong*.

Have you done yet the experiments that I suggested? If not, why not?

[James McGinn]

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Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
You have omitted the most important part of the story. For a gas to
condense to drops that results in clouds, it does not suffice that its
temperature is reduced; there has to be something *solid* that it can
*condense on*.

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.

I am right. You failed to present any reproducible experimental evidence.

First of all, you have made the claim above, so it is up to you to
substantiate it.

Wrong. The burden is on the shoulders of those that make extraordinary claims. The claim that gaseous H2O can exist at temperatures below the well-known (and thoroughly measured/tested) boiling point of H2O is an extraordinary claim. You bozos haven't met that burden.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Second, a quick search at <http://scholar.google.com/> lists several papers
<https://scholar.google.ch/scholar?q=%22condensation+nucleus%22%7C%22condensation+nuclei%22&btnG=&hl=de&as_sdt=0%2C5>
One of the most cited of them is
Petters, M. D., & Kreidenweis, S. M. (2007). A single parameter
representation of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nucleus
activity. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7(8), 1961-1971.
which has the virtue of being available for free at
<http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/7/1961/2007/acp-7-1961-2007.pdf>
If you read it, you will realize that cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) are a
part of the basic knowledge in meteorology/physics by now *because*
Findeisen et al. *did* those experiments.

I read it. Apparently my creative reading skills are not as well developed as are yours. I could find nothing to substantiate the supposition that H2O can remain gaseous at ambient temperatures. Nothing at all!

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wegener%E2%80%93Bergeron%E2%80%93Findeisen_process>

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Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
|
| […]
| In the late 1930s, German meteorologist Walter Findeisen extended and
| refined Bergeron's work through both theoretical and experimental work.
It is tested and confirmed every time cloud seeding works.

Anecdotal evidence is worthless/misleading.

Findeisen was just the first of many to do experimental work on it in the
last 80 years. To doubt CCNs is therefore akin to doubting the
applicability of Newton’s laws to the non-relativistic case.

All you have is your imagination. You were unable to make an specific quotes from your sources. This suggests you lack the ability to distinguish your imagination from fact.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
But it should be easy to find out.

LOL. If you can't find it what makes you think it will be any different for me?

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Catch raindrops and let them evaporate
in a clean, isolated Petri dish. If there is anything solid left besides
the Petri dish, then those are the dust particles commonly called CCNs.

Desperation. Obviously the presence of dust doesn't prove that dust particles function as condensation nuclei and even if it's true that they do serve such a function that doesn't mean we have to assume that the starting point is gaseous H2O.

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Post by James McGinn
You don't have proof.

Yes, I have.

Post by James McGinn
You just have more consensus-based propaganda.

If you cared to read what is being presented to you, you would be forced to
acknowledge that your misconceptions are just that.

It's regrettable that the internet does not allow you to drop a link to your imagination so that I could get some sense of what it is you think you see?

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So it is just a conjecture or superstition.

Ex falso quodlibet.

Proof?

Are you asking me to prove the correctness of “ex falso quodlibet”?

I'm asking you to distinguish between your imagination and evidence.

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Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
There is no gaseous H2O in earth's atmosphere. This notion is just superstition.

If so, where do the forms of precipitation (e.g., rain, hail, snow, dew;
commonly known as being the result of condensation/freezing of
atmospheric water) come from?

Obviously they come from water droplets that are too small to be seen.
Right?

No, for water droplets, i.e. liquid water, to exist, water has to have a
temperature above the melting point of water.

Yeah, so? What's your point?

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
How was this not obvious?

Even small droplets of water have to observe the laws of nature. AISB, at
the temperatures and pressures *measured* in clouds, water is no longer
liquid.

Look into the steam tables and stop talking like a goof.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Naturally, as wet warm air rises and cools, first droplets of water form (2)
which freeze, on which more water can freeze, and so on. So you have first
droplets (which is more likely on dust particles), then ice pellets and
bullets with frozen-on droplets [(3) to (5)], or snowflakes, if the
time ------------------------------------------------------------------>
(1) . . . (2) . . . (3) . . . (4) . . . (5) o . o (6) * . *
. . . . . . . . . o o . . * * . . * * . . * * .
. . . . . . . o . . . o * o . . * * * . o * * * o * * * * *
. . . . . . . . . o o . . * * . . * * . . * * .
. . . . . . . . . . . o . o * . *
. – gaseous water (water vapor; diffused into other gases of air)
o – liquid water
* – solid water (water ice)
__
|PE
States (2) to (6) can change back to states (1) to (5) as the particles’
masses become too great for them to be held in suspension by the rising air,
and they fall down. AISB, as for clouds, what kind of precipitation, if
any, reaches the ground depends on the temperature of the air below the
cloud, i.e. how (much) the particle is melting/evaporating. (2) will be
rain, (3) and (4) can be ice pellets or hail, (5) can be graupel, and (6)
will be snow. On the ground, (2) will be dew, and (6) could evolve to
diamond dust.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precipitation>

No duh. Now address the issue, you evasive jackass. Tell us why you assume the starting point must be gaseous H2O. Go ahead. Answer that question and stop playing games.

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Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where do frostings in winter (commonly known as being the result
of resublimation of atmospheric water) come from?

Ditto.

“Water droplets that are too small to be seen” could be an explanation for
frostings. However, for water to be liquid instead of gaseous, there have

No duh. Now address the issue, you evasive jackass. Tell us why you assume the starting point must be gaseous H2O. Go ahead. Answer that question and stop playing games.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
H H
\ /
O ---- H H ---- O
/ \ / \
H O H
H
\
H H O ---- H H
\ / / \ /
O ---- H O ---- ...
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bond>
We have the ability to observe hydrogen atoms with microscopes now (since
the scanning tunneling microscope, IBM Research, 1981 [1]), and we *know*
from such observations that resublimation, the instantaneous change from the
gaseous to the solid phase, takes place instead.
_____
[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_tunneling_microscope>

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where does the liquid water of lakes and puddles go to on warm
days (commonly known as the result of evaporation of water)?

evaporate (which is liquid suspended in air)

Instead, evaporation is the partial and gradual change of a substance, on
its edges only, from its liquid to its gaseous phase below its boiling

LOL. So, like the typical dimwitted science groupy, your whole point pivots off a definition--a definition created by somebody that mirrors your own tenous grasp of reality on this subject.

There is no gaseous H2O in earth's atmosphere. It far too cool for that.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_point>
<http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_01.html#Ch1-S2>

Post by James McGinn
This is obvious stuff.

What you are claiming is obviously *wrong*.

It's too bad your imagination isn't evidence, huh?

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Have you done yet the experiments that I suggested? If not, why not?

Obviously it's inconclusive.

James McGinn
Solving Tornadoes

http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16329#p114492

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

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Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 10:43:32 AM UTC-7, Thomas 'PointedEars'

[condenation nuclei are required for clouds]

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.

I am right. You failed to present any reproducible experimental evidence.

First of all, you have made the claim above, so it is up to you to
substantiate it.

Wrong.

No, you have made the claim.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
The burden is on the shoulders of those that make extraordinary
claims

Yes – so where is *your* evidence substantiating *your* claim?

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
The claim that gaseous H2O can exist at temperatures below the
well-known (and thoroughly measured/tested) boiling point of H2O is an
extraordinary claim.

No, as I already explained to you at least twice now, the well-understood
process of evaporation is what makes it possible. This process is not
limited to water (which, JFYI, is correctly written “H₂O”).

One of your many problems is that not only you do not understand
evaporation, you have an unsubstantiated, wrong /idée fixe/ of it.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
[tl;dr]

[James McGinn]

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Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 10:43:32 AM UTC-7, Thomas 'PointedEars'

[condenation nuclei are required for clouds]

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.

I am right. You failed to present any reproducible experimental evidence.

First of all, you have made the claim above, so it is up to you to
substantiate it.

Wrong.

No, you have made the claim.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
The burden is on the shoulders of those that make extraordinary
claims

Yes – so where is *your* evidence substantiating *your* claim?

My claim is that the steam tables are accurate.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
The claim that gaseous H2O can exist at temperatures below the
well-known (and thoroughly measured/tested) boiling point of H2O is an
extraordinary claim.

No, as I already explained to you at least twice now, the well-understood
process of evaporation

Too bad your imagination isn't evidence, huh?

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 10:43:32 AM UTC-7, Thomas

[condensation nuclei are required for clouds]

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.

I am right. You failed to present any reproducible experimental evidence.

First of all, you have made the claim above, so it is up to you to
substantiate it.

Wrong.

No, you have made the claim.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
The burden is on the shoulders of those that make extraordinary
claims

Yes – so where is *your* evidence substantiating *your* claim?

My claim is that the steam tables are accurate.

No, your claim was: “[The] supposition [that ‘condensation nuclei are
required for clouds’] has never been thoroughly tested.”

Put your money where your mouth is.

[James McGinn]

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Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 10:43:32 AM UTC-7, Thomas

[condensation nuclei are required for clouds]

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.

I am right. You failed to present any reproducible experimental evidence.

First of all, you have made the claim above, so it is up to you to
substantiate it.

Wrong.

No, you have made the claim.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
The burden is on the shoulders of those that make extraordinary
claims

Yes – so where is *your* evidence substantiating *your* claim?

My claim is that the steam tables are accurate.

No, your claim was: “[The] supposition [that ‘condensation nuclei are
required for clouds’] has never been thoroughly tested.”

Yes. And you are my evidence.

Anymore questions?

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

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Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
My claim is that the steam tables are accurate.

No, your claim was: “[The] supposition [that ‘condensation nuclei are
required for clouds’] has never been thoroughly tested.”

Yes. And you are my evidence.
Anymore questions?

No.

*PLONK*

[James McGinn]

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Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
My claim is that the steam tables are accurate.

No, your claim was: “[The] supposition [that ‘condensation nuclei are
required for clouds’] has never been thoroughly tested.”

Yes. And you are my evidence.
Anymore questions?

No.
*PLONK*

you got nothing.

[Sergio]

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Post by James McGinn
My claim is that the steam tables are accurate.

James learn the words "steam tables" from sci.physics about 5 months
ago, but James does not know the meaning of the words "steam tables",
nor where to find them.

James has the intelligence of a lobotomized clam.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
No, your claim was: “[The] supposition [that ‘condensation nuclei are
required for clouds’] has never been thoroughly tested.”
Put your money where your mouth is.

[James McGinn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
The burden is on the shoulders of those that make extraordinary
claims

Yes – so where is *your* evidence substantiating *your* claim?

My claim is that the steam tables are accurate.

No, your claim was: “[The] supposition [that ‘condensation nuclei are
required for clouds’] has never been thoroughly tested.”
Put your money where your mouth is.

LOL. Listen you simpleton, the fact that there is dust in rain doesn't prove that the dust initiated nucleation.

[James McGinn]

Obviously condensation does not require gaseous H2O to proceed. Right? Only an idiot would suggest such.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Post by James McGinn
Obviously condensation does not require gaseous H2O to proceed. Right?

Wrong.

Post by James McGinn
Only an idiot would suggest such.

Straw man.

[James McGinn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
Obviously condensation does not require gaseous H2O to proceed. Right?

Wrong.

If you can't support your claim then maybe you should make a retraction.

[James McGinn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
You have omitted the most important part of the story. For a gas to
condense to drops that results in clouds, it does not suffice that its
temperature is reduced; there has to be something *solid* that it can
*condense on*.

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.
,-
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wegener%E2%80%93Bergeron%E2%80%93Findeisen_process>
|
| […]
| In the late 1930s, German meteorologist Walter Findeisen extended and
| refined Bergeron's work through both theoretical and experimental work.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It is tested and confirmed every time cloud seeding works.

Cloud seeding doesn't work. Never has.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
So it is just a conjecture or superstition.

Ex falso quodlibet.

Post by James McGinn
There is no gaseous H2O in earth's atmosphere. This notion is just superstition.

If so, where do the forms of precipitation (e.g., rain, hail, snow, dew;
commonly known as being the result of condensation/freezing of atmospheric
water) come from?

They don't come from gas.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where do frostings in winter (commonly known as being the result of
resublimation of atmospheric water) come from?

Dumb question.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where does the liquid water of lakes and puddles go to on warm days
(commonly known as the result of evaporation of water)?

Uh, it evaporates, dumbass.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, why are there *always* more clouds over regions with rivers and
forests, over lakes, seas and oceans than over dry land, in particular over
deserts?

Say what?

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
(More practical:) If so, where does the additional ice in the freezer come
from if you leave it open for too long (commonly knIown as being the result
of resublimation of atmospheric water)?

It doesn't turn to gas.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Build an aquarium (any container which, provably, was dry and when closed up
does let any phase of water pass, suffices), fill it with warm air from the
atmosphere (in the nothern hemisphere it is summer now, so this is easy to
do), and close it up. Bring it into a cooler place, for example put it into
a fridge (that is the fastest way to test). Observe what happens.
I predict that the longer you wait and the lower the temperature, the more
droplets of liquid you will observe on the *inside* of whatever adequate
container you chose. As you examine the liquid, you will find that has all
the properties of water. As you have ascertained before that the container
did not let any phase of water pass, where does the liquid water on the
inside come from?

Your experiment is meaningless.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Answer: It MUST have come from the *air* that you let in before.
Conclusion: There is gaseous water, water vapour, in the air.
Surely you will accept as an axiom that Earth’s atmosphere consists of air.
Corollary: There *is* gaseous water in Earth’s atmosphere. Which disproves
your claim. ∎

You are just dumb.

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Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far.

Instead, those "droplets" at the top of a cloud are actually condensation
nuclei surrounded by then-*frozen* *solid* water *ice*.

No, they are droplets. Nuclei is not necessary.

This statement is inconsistent with your claim above.
Either there *is* gaseous water in the atmosphere, only then it can condense
to droplets, freeze to ice (which they have to: we *know* how cold it is
above as we *measured* it numerous times with weather balloons – it is below
the melting point of water, below 0 °C), on which more water can freeze and
so on.o

Only dumb people base arguments on definitions.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Or there is *no* gaseous water in the atmosphere, then it does not matter if
condensation nuclei are dust particles or ice because where there is no
water, nothing can condense. For we *know* that the temperatures where
there are clouds are at minimum −57 °C, not low enough, and that the
pressures are at maximum 232 mbar, not high enough, for the other main gases
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=troposphere+vs.+tropopause+vs.
+stratosphere>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=nitrogen+phase+diagram>
[as an example to show that the conditions are best for condensation at high
pressure and low temperature. so let us test the phase of the three main
atmospheric gases there:]
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=atmosphere+composition>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=nitrogen+phase+at+-57+%C2%B0C+and+232+mbar>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=oxygen+phase+at+-57+%C2%B0C+and+232+mbar>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=water+phase+at+-57+%C2%B0C+and+232+mbar>)
Again, please trim your quotes.
--
PointedEars
Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.

These are incredibly weak and nonsensical arguments.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Which part of “attribution line” did you not understand?

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Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

[Cloud condensation nuclei]

Actually, this supposition has never been thoroughly tested.

You are wrong.
,-

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wegener%E2%80%93Bergeron%E2%80%93Findeisen_process>

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
|
| […]
| In the late 1930s, German meteorologist Walter Findeisen extended and
| refined Bergeron's work through both theoretical and experimental work.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It is tested and confirmed every time cloud seeding works.

Cloud seeding doesn't work. Never has.

Cite evidence.

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
So it is just a conjecture or superstition.

Ex falso quodlibet.

Post by James McGinn
There is no gaseous H2O in earth's atmosphere. This notion is just superstition.

If so, where do the forms of precipitation (e.g., rain, hail, snow, dew;
commonly known as being the result of condensation/freezing of
atmospheric water) come from?

They don't come from gas.

Cite evidence.

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where do frostings in winter (commonly known as being the result
of resublimation of atmospheric water) come from?

Dumb question.

Why have you answered it in your other posting, then?

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where does the liquid water of lakes and puddles go to on warm
days (commonly known as the result of evaporation of water)?

Uh, it evaporates,

Correct. It evaporates *into Earth’s atmosphere*, i.e. single water
molecules diffuse into the mix of other molecules of the gases of air. When
there single molecules of a substance are floating around, the corresponding
substance is in the *gaseous* phase. The gaseous phase of water is called
“water vapour”. Therefore, there is water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere.

Post by James McGinn
dumbass.

You have no good arguments, so you are throwing insults.

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Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, why are there *always* more clouds over regions with rivers and
forests, over lakes, seas and oceans than over dry land, in particular
over deserts?

Say what?

Did you not understand the question? If yes, which part(s) of it did you
not understand?

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
(More practical:) If so, where does the additional ice in the freezer
come from if you leave it open for too long (commonly knIown as being the
result of resublimation of atmospheric water)?

It doesn't turn to gas.

Correct (you did not read the question carefully, yes?). The water vapour
in the inflowing air turns into ice instead; therefore, the thicker ice
layer in the freezer, and the reason why fridges and freezers have to be
defrosted regularly for maximum efficiency even if not carelessly left open
for too long.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator#Energy_efficiency>

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Build an aquarium (any container which, provably, was dry and when closed
up does let any phase of water pass, suffices), fill it with warm air
from the atmosphere (in the nothern hemisphere it is summer now, so this
is easy to do), and close it up. Bring it into a cooler place, for
example put it into a fridge (that is the fastest way to test). Observe
what happens.
I predict that the longer you wait and the lower the temperature, the
more droplets of liquid you will observe on the *inside* of whatever
adequate container you chose. As you examine the liquid, you will find
that has all the properties of water. As you have ascertained before
that the container did not let any phase of water pass, where does the
liquid water on the inside come from?

Your experiment is meaningless.

How so? And have you done it?

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Answer: It MUST have come from the *air* that you let in before.
Conclusion: There is gaseous water, water vapour, in the air.
Surely you will accept as an axiom that Earth’s atmosphere consists of air.
Corollary: There *is* gaseous water in Earth’s atmosphere. Which
disproves your claim. ∎

You are just dumb.

No, you are ignorant.

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far.

Instead, those "droplets" at the top of a cloud are actually
condensation nuclei surrounded by then-*frozen* *solid* water *ice*.

No, they are droplets. Nuclei is not necessary.

This statement is inconsistent with your claim above.
Either there *is* gaseous water in the atmosphere, only then it can
condense to droplets, freeze to ice (which they have to: we *know* how
cold it is above as we *measured* it numerous times with weather balloons
– it is below the melting point of water, below 0 °C), on which more
water can freeze and so on.o

Only dumb people base arguments on definitions.

I am describing observable facts. Your denial of reality does not make it
go away; it just makes you look stupid.

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Again, please trim your quotes.

Which part of that did you not understand?

Post by James McGinn
These are incredibly weak and nonsensical arguments.

You are not in a position to make that assessment, having *no* (*good*)
arguments and *no* evidence in your favor *at all*.

[James McGinn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
Cloud seeding doesn't work. Never has.

Cite evidence.

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
So it is just a conjecture or superstition.

Ex falso quodlibet.

Post by James McGinn
There is no gaseous H2O in earth's atmosphere. This notion is just superstition.

If so, where do the forms of precipitation (e.g., rain, hail, snow, dew;
commonly known as being the result of condensation/freezing of
atmospheric water) come from?

They don't come from gas.

Cite evidence.

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where do frostings in winter (commonly known as being the result
of resublimation of atmospheric water) come from?

Dumb question.

Why have you answered it in your other posting, then?

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, where does the liquid water of lakes and puddles go to on warm
days (commonly known as the result of evaporation of water)?

Uh, it evaporates,

Correct. It evaporates *into Earth’s atmosphere*, i.e. single water
molecules diffuse into the mix of other molecules of the gases of air. When
there single molecules of a substance are floating around, the corresponding
substance is in the *gaseous* phase. The gaseous phase of water is called
“water vapour”. Therefore, there is water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere.

This is a plainly stupid argument. Obviously gaseous H2O cannot be defined into existence.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn
dumbass.

You have no good arguments, so you are throwing insults.

When people become delusional insults are the slap in the face they need to snap out of it. Wakeup dumbass! Gaseous H2O can't be defined into existence.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
If so, why are there *always* more clouds over regions with rivers and
forests, over lakes, seas and oceans than over dry land, in particular
over deserts?

Say what?

Did you not understand the question? If yes, which part(s) of it did you
not understand?

If you can't figure out what you point is don't expect me to do it for you.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
(More practical:) If so, where does the additional ice in the freezer
come from if you leave it open for too long (commonly knIown as being the
result of resublimation of atmospheric water)?

It doesn't turn to gas.

Correct (you did not read the question carefully, yes?). The water vapour
in the inflowing air turns into ice instead; therefore, the thicker ice
layer in the freezer, and the reason why fridges and freezers have to be
defrosted regularly for maximum efficiency even if not carelessly left open
for too long.

Yeah, so? What is your point? I'm not a mind reader.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator#Energy_efficiency>

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Build an aquarium (any container which, provably, was dry and when closed
up does let any phase of water pass, suffices), fill it with warm air
from the atmosphere (in the nothern hemisphere it is summer now, so this
is easy to do), and close it up. Bring it into a cooler place, for
example put it into a fridge (that is the fastest way to test). Observe
what happens.
I predict that the longer you wait and the lower the temperature, the
more droplets of liquid you will observe on the *inside* of whatever
adequate container you chose. As you examine the liquid, you will find
that has all the properties of water. As you have ascertained before
that the container did not let any phase of water pass, where does the
liquid water on the inside come from?

Your experiment is meaningless.

How so? And have you done it?

You seem to not have a point. Be explicit. What does your experiment prove? I'm not a mind reader.

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Answer: It MUST have come from the *air* that you let in before.
Conclusion: There is gaseous water, water vapour, in the air.
Surely you will accept as an axiom that Earth’s atmosphere consists of air.
Corollary: There *is* gaseous water in Earth’s atmosphere. Which
disproves your claim. ∎

You are just dumb.

No, you are ignorant.

So, your dumbass solution is to just assume gaseous H2O. Right?

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Post by Michael J. Strickland
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far.

Instead, those "droplets" at the top of a cloud are actually
condensation nuclei surrounded by then-*frozen* *solid* water *ice*.

No, they are droplets. Nuclei is not necessary.

This statement is inconsistent with your claim above.
Either there *is* gaseous water in the atmosphere, only then it can
condense to droplets, freeze to ice (which they have to: we *know* how
cold it is above as we *measured* it numerous times with weather balloons
– it is below the melting point of water, below 0 °C), on which more
water can freeze and so on.o

Only dumb people base arguments on definitions.

I am describing observable facts.

Then fucking explain how you verify that H2O is gaseous you freekin imbecile.


Your denial of reality does not make it

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
go away; it just makes you look stupid.

Post by James McGinn

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Again, please trim your quotes.

Which part of that did you not understand?

Post by James McGinn
These are incredibly weak and nonsensical arguments.

You are not in a position to make that assessment, having *no* (*good*)
arguments and *no* evidence in your favor *at all*.

You got nothing.

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Then [invective] explain how you verify that H2O is gaseous you [insult]

AISB: Reduce the temperature or pressure of the air it is supposed to be
contained in. See it condense as water drop(let)s, or resublimate as water
ice *only then*. As a bonus, all phase changes include the exchange of
specific amounts of heat which can be measured.

<http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_is_condensation.htm>

[James McGinn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Then [invective] explain how you verify that H2O is gaseous you [insult]

AISB: Reduce the temperature or pressure of the air it is supposed to be
contained in. See it condense as water drop(let)s, or resublimate as water
ice *only then*. As a bonus, all phase changes include the exchange of
specific amounts of heat which can be measured.
<http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_is_condensation.htm>
--
PointedEars
Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.

LOL. A birdbrain without a point.

[James McGinn]

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Either there *is* gaseous water in the atmosphere, only then it can condense
to droplets,

This is obvious BS. Why can't microdroplets come together? Explain this.


freeze to ice (which they have to: we *know* how cold it is

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
above as we *measured* it numerous times with weather balloons – it is below
the melting point of water, below 0 °C), on which more water can freeze and
so on.
Or there is *no* gaseous water in the atmosphere, then it does not matter if
condensation nuclei are dust particles or ice because where there is no
water, nothing can condense.

Now you just sound stupid. Why can't microdroplets come together? Are you an idiot?



For we *know* that the temperatures where

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
there are clouds are at minimum −57 °C, not low enough, and that the
pressures are at maximum 232 mbar, not high enough, for the other main gases

What are you babbling about?

Post by Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=troposphere+vs.+tropopause+vs.
+stratosphere>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=nitrogen+phase+diagram>
[as an example to show that the conditions are best for condensation at high
pressure and low temperature. so let us test the phase of the three main
atmospheric gases there:]
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=atmosphere+composition>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=nitrogen+phase+at+-57+%C2%B0C+and+232+mbar>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=oxygen+phase+at+-57+%C2%B0C+and+232+mbar>
<http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?dataset=&i=water+phase+at+-57+%C2%B0C+and+232+mbar>)

What is your frikin point?

[Sergio]

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits. Technically,
its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity. As it spreads out, colliding and mixing
with the heavier air molecules, it loses kinetic energy (cools) due to
the work it does against atmospheric pressure. By the time it reaches
saturation density (100% humidity) it has become translucent (almost
transparent) instead of opaque. If its density increases beyond
saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or further cooling, it
forms water droplets (clouds).
As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses
into water droplets (clouds). As water vapor condenses into a cloud,
the volume reduction (vapor to liquid) reduces the outward positive
pressure of the cloud and allows more moisture laden air to flow into
the cloud. This effect causes the cloud to grow in all directions.
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far. The resultant vapor rises upward
again to the top of the cloud and condenses again to repeat the cycle.
The energy required to vaporize a droplet increases with the mass of
the droplet (cube of the droplet radius ) but the energy acquired from
falling friction increases only as the square of the droplet radius.
Thus the larger the droplet, the farther it falls before evaporating
again.
As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form. They are larger because the vapor molecules are
moving slower and more nucleate (stick together) per second. These
larger, colder droplets eventually survive the trip falling through
the cloud and (and air below the cloud) without vaporizing. They hit
the ground as rain drops.
Mike
---------------------------------------------------
Michael J. Strickland Reston, VA
---------------------------------------------------

good explination, and shows the complex process of going from opaque
steam to invisable gas.

[James McGinn]

Post by Sergio

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density. The steam coming
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits. Technically,
its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity. As it spreads out, colliding and mixing
with the heavier air molecules, it loses kinetic energy (cools) due to
the work it does against atmospheric pressure. By the time it reaches
saturation density (100% humidity) it has become translucent (almost
transparent) instead of opaque. If its density increases beyond
saturation due to a pressure pulse for instance or further cooling, it
forms water droplets (clouds).
As water vapor (much lighter than air) rises and cools, it condenses
into water droplets (clouds). As water vapor condenses into a cloud,
the volume reduction (vapor to liquid) reduces the outward positive
pressure of the cloud and allows more moisture laden air to flow into
the cloud. This effect causes the cloud to grow in all directions.
Droplets at the top of the cloud (coldest) fall downward with a very
small terminal velocity and usually evaporate from air frictional
heating before falling very far. The resultant vapor rises upward
again to the top of the cloud and condenses again to repeat the cycle.
The energy required to vaporize a droplet increases with the mass of
the droplet (cube of the droplet radius ) but the energy acquired from
falling friction increases only as the square of the droplet radius.
Thus the larger the droplet, the farther it falls before evaporating
again.
As the cloud grows upward and the temperature at the top drops, colder
and larger drops form. They are larger because the vapor molecules are
moving slower and more nucleate (stick together) per second. These
larger, colder droplets eventually survive the trip falling through
the cloud and (and air below the cloud) without vaporizing. They hit
the ground as rain drops.
Mike
---------------------------------------------------
Michael J. Strickland Reston, VA
---------------------------------------------------

good explination, and shows the complex process of going from opaque
steam to invisable gas.

Sergio, you are so dumb. The explanation was wrong.

[noTthaTguY]

it was easy to find th partial pressures
for all kind of liquid *but water ...
which has its own table, of course

Post by James McGinn
Sergio, you are so dumb. The explanation was wrong.

[Sergio]

Post by noTthaTguY
it was easy to find th partial pressures
for all kind of liquid *but water ...
which has its own table, of course

Post by James McGinn
Sergio, you are so dumb. The explanation was wrong.

McGinn must be recycling his old junk posts, I have him PLONKED, throw
him out with the garbage.

[noTthaTguY]

cloudseeding is not really so operative, since
it was pioneered, howsoever much it was used, mainly because
of exhaust from jets, and other effects of jetpower

Post by Sergio

Post by noTthaTguY
it was easy to find th partial pressures
for all kind of liquid *but water ...
which has its own table, of course

him out with the garbage.

so, I will not reply directly to any of his mysdirectyvs;
he cannot believe that his **** doesn't have odeur

[James McGinn]

Post by Michael J. Strickland
On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:13:32 -0700 (PDT), James McGinn
...

Post by James McGinn
The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere.

Steam is water vapor above air saturation density.

Steam is gaseous H2O. It will not persist for more than a fraction of a second at ambient temps.


The steam coming

Post by Michael J. Strickland
out of a kettle is opaque because it is well over saturation density
(>> 100% humidity) and pushes the air aside as it exits.

Thats absurd. It is invisible because it is a gas.


Technically,

Post by Michael J. Strickland
its not persisting in the atmosphere since it has purged the
atmosphere from its vicinity.

Silly statement

[James McGinn]

Post by James McGinn
Sometimes people believe things that are nonsense because they have painted themselves into a corner with their assumptions and believing in nonsense is the only option that remains to save them from appearing to be complete fools. The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere. It is universally believed by all meteorologists yet, strangely, not one of them would claim knowledge of a test or experiment to demonstrate its validity. Stranger still, what little empirical evidence we do have decidedly indicates that the notion fails. This notion has evolved into a taboo within the disciplines that study the atmosphere, the primary champions and enforcers of this taboo being meteorologists, most of whom for which the issue is a mute point in that they exclusively work with synoptic charts (cold fronts, warm fronts and such, usually displayed on computer screens) and, therefore, the notion is never applied in the context of their daily duties. Only for a very small subset of meteorologists—those that deal with the severe weather and, even then, only those that deal with the theoretical aspects thereof—does this notion have any real significance. But for these few the effect is intellectually devastating, rendering them feckless, incapable of making any kind of real progress in the discipline. One consequence of this being that the theoretical aspects of the study of severe weather have come to epitomize academic vapidity. And there really isn’t much any of them can do about it in that belief in the concept is a prerequisite for being taken seriously by any of the various stakeholders in the discipline. But at least they don’t look like complete fools.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16329

[James McGinn]

Post by James McGinn
Sometimes people believe things that are nonsense because they have painted themselves into a corner with their assumptions and believing in nonsense is the only option that remains to save them from appearing to be complete fools. The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere. It is universally believed by all meteorologists yet, strangely, not one of them would claim knowledge of a test or experiment to demonstrate its validity. Stranger still, what little empirical evidence we do have decidedly indicates that the notion fails. This notion has evolved into a taboo within the disciplines that study the atmosphere, the primary champions and enforcers of this taboo being meteorologists, most of whom for which the issue is a mute point in that they exclusively work with synoptic charts (cold fronts, warm fronts and such, usually displayed on computer screens) and, therefore, the notion is never applied in the context of their daily duties. Only for a very small subset of meteorologists—those that deal with the severe weather and, even then, only those that deal with the theoretical aspects thereof—does this notion have any real significance. But for these few the effect is intellectually devastating, rendering them feckless, incapable of making any kind of real progress in the discipline. One consequence of this being that the theoretical aspects of the study of severe weather have come to epitomize academic vapidity. And there really isn’t much any of them can do about it in that belief in the concept is a prerequisite for being taken seriously by any of the various stakeholders in the discipline. But at least they don’t look like complete fools.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16329

[James McGinn]

Post by James McGinn
Sometimes people believe things that are nonsense because they have painted themselves into a corner with their assumptions and believing in nonsense is the only option that remains to save them from appearing to be complete fools. The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere. It is universally believed by all meteorologists yet, strangely, not one of them would claim knowledge of a test or experiment to demonstrate its validity. Stranger still, what little empirical evidence we do have decidedly indicates that the notion fails. This notion has evolved into a taboo within the disciplines that study the atmosphere, the primary champions and enforcers of this taboo being meteorologists, most of whom for which the issue is a mute point in that they exclusively work with synoptic charts (cold fronts, warm fronts and such, usually displayed on computer screens) and, therefore, the notion is never applied in the context of their daily duties. Only for a very small subset of meteorologists—those that deal with the severe weather and, even then, only those that deal with the theoretical aspects thereof—does this notion have any real significance. But for these few the effect is intellectually devastating, rendering them feckless, incapable of making any kind of real progress in the discipline. One consequence of this being that the theoretical aspects of the study of severe weather have come to epitomize academic vapidity. And there really isn’t much any of them can do about it in that belief in the concept is a prerequisite for being taken seriously by any of the various stakeholders in the discipline. But at least they don’t look like complete fools.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16329

[James McGinn]

Post by James McGinn
Sometimes people believe things that are nonsense because they have painted themselves into a corner with their assumptions and believing in nonsense is the only option that remains to save them from appearing to be complete fools. The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere. It is universally believed by all meteorologists yet, strangely, not one of them would claim knowledge of a test or experiment to demonstrate its validity. Stranger still, what little empirical evidence we do have decidedly indicates that the notion fails. This notion has evolved into a taboo within the disciplines that study the atmosphere, the primary champions and enforcers of this taboo being meteorologists, most of whom for which the issue is a mute point in that they exclusively work with synoptic charts (cold fronts, warm fronts and such, usually displayed on computer screens) and, therefore, the notion is never applied in the context of their daily duties. Only for a very small subset of meteorologists—those that deal with the severe weather and, even then, only those that deal with the theoretical aspects thereof—does this notion have any real significance. But for these few the effect is intellectually devastating, rendering them feckless, incapable of making any kind of real progress in the discipline. One consequence of this being that the theoretical aspects of the study of severe weather have come to epitomize academic vapidity. And there really isn’t much any of them can do about it in that belief in the concept is a prerequisite for being taken seriously by any of the various stakeholders in the discipline. But at least they don’t look like complete fools.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16329

[James McGinn]

Post by James McGinn
Sometimes people believe things that are nonsense because they have painted themselves into a corner with their assumptions and believing in nonsense is the only option that remains to save them from appearing to be complete fools. The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere. It is universally believed by all meteorologists yet, strangely, not one of them would claim knowledge of a test or experiment to demonstrate its validity. Stranger still, what little empirical evidence we do have decidedly indicates that the notion fails. This notion has evolved into a taboo within the disciplines that study the atmosphere, the primary champions and enforcers of this taboo being meteorologists, most of whom for which the issue is a mute point in that they exclusively work with synoptic charts (cold fronts, warm fronts and such, usually displayed on computer screens) and, therefore, the notion is never applied in the context of their daily duties. Only for a very small subset of meteorologists—those that deal with the severe weather and, even then, only those that deal with the theoretical aspects thereof—does this notion have any real significance. But for these few the effect is intellectually devastating, rendering them feckless, incapable of making any kind of real progress in the discipline. One consequence of this being that the theoretical aspects of the study of severe weather have come to epitomize academic vapidity. And there really isn’t much any of them can do about it in that belief in the concept is a prerequisite for being taken seriously by any of the various stakeholders in the discipline. But at least they don’t look like complete fools.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16329

[James McGinn]

Post by James McGinn
Sometimes people believe things that are nonsense because they have painted themselves into a corner with their assumptions and believing in nonsense is the only option that remains to save them from appearing to be complete fools. The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere. It is universally believed by all meteorologists yet, strangely, not one of them would claim knowledge of a test or experiment to demonstrate its validity. Stranger still, what little empirical evidence we do have decidedly indicates that the notion fails. This notion has evolved into a taboo within the disciplines that study the atmosphere, the primary champions and enforcers of this taboo being meteorologists, most of whom for which the issue is a mute point in that they exclusively work with synoptic charts (cold fronts, warm fronts and such, usually displayed on computer screens) and, therefore, the notion is never applied in the context of their daily duties. Only for a very small subset of meteorologists—those that deal with the severe weather and, even then, only those that deal with the theoretical aspects thereof—does this notion have any real significance. But for these few the effect is intellectually devastating, rendering them feckless, incapable of making any kind of real progress in the discipline. One consequence of this being that the theoretical aspects of the study of severe weather have come to epitomize academic vapidity. And there really isn’t much any of them can do about it in that belief in the concept is a prerequisite for being taken seriously by any of the various stakeholders in the discipline. But at least they don’t look like complete fools.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16329

[James McGinn]

Post by James McGinn
Sometimes people believe things that are nonsense because they have painted themselves into a corner with their assumptions and believing in nonsense is the only option that remains to save them from appearing to be complete fools. The most stupefying myth in all of meteorology is the myth that steam can persist in our atmosphere. It is universally believed by all meteorologists yet, strangely, not one of them would claim knowledge of a test or experiment to demonstrate its validity. Stranger still, what little empirical evidence we do have decidedly indicates that the notion fails. This notion has evolved into a taboo within the disciplines that study the atmosphere, the primary champions and enforcers of this taboo being meteorologists, most of whom for which the issue is a mute point in that they exclusively work with synoptic charts (cold fronts, warm fronts and such, usually displayed on computer screens) and, therefore, the notion is never applied in the context of their daily duties. Only for a very small subset of meteorologists—those that deal with the severe weather and, even then, only those that deal with the theoretical aspects thereof—does this notion have any real significance. But for these few the effect is intellectually devastating, rendering them feckless, incapable of making any kind of real progress in the discipline. One consequence of this being that the theoretical aspects of the study of severe weather have come to epitomize academic vapidity. And there really isn’t much any of them can do about it in that belief in the concept is a prerequisite for being taken seriously by any of the various stakeholders in the discipline. But at least they don’t look like complete fools.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16329