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Careers: Meteorology - Dew

Expert: Donald Rosenfeld - 7/28/2008

Question
Donald:How can I tell Light,Moderate or Heavy Dew by looking at the ground?Or do I go by Dew point Temp at the time of Observation

Ron

Answer
Hi Ron

The weather bureau does it thusly:

http://www.weather.gov/wsom/manual/archives/ND407601.HTML

which indicates that the degree of wetness is the determining factor- the "degree" is not specified.

Possibly this link will help you more:

http://usasearch.gov/search?affiliate=nws.noaa.gov&v%3Aproject=firstgov&query=de...

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