.
Humidity

We have been blessed with an abnormally dry Summer this year (the farmers do not feel we are so blessed. Therefore, after a bout of very severe thunderstorms on Tuesday, the change is very palpable. As is typical for August, our temperatures are in the mid 90s. Yet, it felt surprisingly good all summer thus far. Today, with humidity at around the 85% level (more typical for us), the closeness of the air was enormous. It is surprisingly easy to have forgotten this more normal weather effect for my neck of the woods. The cloying closeness of the humidity makes everything feel damp to the touch, and in buildings or homes that are not air conditioned, things get rather soggy feeling.

I turned on the air conditioning today, specifically to remove humidity.

PipeTobacco