Yes, water evaporates more quickly in warm air - which is why it's more humid! The water not in the substrate, not on a surface, is all in the air.

Don't believe me? Here's a few links for you:



http://www.wildwildweather.com/humidity.htm

(Check the Confused? paragraph)



http://wc.pima.edu/~bfiero/tucsonecology/climate/concepts.htm

(Note that that is a .edu site - so that's a college resource)



http://www.blueflame.org/datasheets/humidity.html

(This one says it right at the top)



http://www.uwm.edu/~kahl/100/pdf/Water vapor.pdf

(That's a college lecture in powerpoint)



You probably get the point now. Google "humidity" or "warm air and humidity" and you'll get the same links I did.



How were you measuring your humidity in your experiment, anyway? By how much water evaporated, or by an actual high-quality hygrometer? You used "%" when I think you intended to talk about degrees F (88% vs 90%), so maybe your way of measuring humidity is leading to false results...



~jenny
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