Compare an air mass over the hot, arid Sahara with an average specific humidity of 12 g/kg, to an air mass in the moist midlatitudes with an average of 6 g/kg specific humidity.

a) What is the relative humidity of a 40°C air mass with 12 g/kg specific humidity?
b) What is the relative humidity of a 10°C air mass with 6 g/kg specific humidity?


a) 25%
b) 79%

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