shalowlow Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Because this is such a facinating topic, I decided to share this dew point map that I found. Obviously, this in in response to the omnipresent question of tangiers acclimation. At the risk of sounding like an idiot when speaking about something I really know very little about, I will keep this as simple as possible.Here is a link that has the dewpoint map for North America and at one hour intervals that is updated hourly. It also has an archive from the past couple of months. What is cool is that you can animate the last 24 frames or so (depicting the last 24 hours), put your mouse pointer on the section of the map you live in, and see how much the dewpoint changes over the course of the day. I would make the obvious guess that the more the dewpoint changes, the more it will be difficult to acclimate tangiers properly. I would also venture to guess however that this map does not actually help in explaining the acclimation problems because of one variable. Namely, there may be a difference between 10 degree dew point changes for example in California, and a ten degree dew point change in Florida. I would guess that the 10 degree dewpoint change in Florida would be much more dramatic because the way that humidity and teperature work together and the fact the the humidity is generally higher in Florida. I've read about it but won't bore you with the details partly because I don't really know if I understand it. Anyway, just take a look and mess around with the map....it's pretty interesting.Dew Point Map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 i was under the impression tang acclimation was based off of relative humidity not dew point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalowlow Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 QUOTE (mattarios2 @ Apr 21 2009, 03:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i was under the impression tang acclimation was based off of relative humidity not dew pointNo it's the other way around...I think your getting confused because I remember reading another post where you were talking about Dew Point and how much it changes in Mass. It is based on absolute humidity and a good indicator of absolute humidity is the dewpoint temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyj316 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Wait... so you're looking to make a map about the dewpoint? or trying to get a map, comparing acclimation times to dewpoint and to humidity? Or are you just looking for a correlation?My degree is in Geography and I specialized in Land Use/Environmental Planning and Geographic Information Sciences... So if you want a map, I could make a map for you.... it would take a while to source the data, but it could be done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalowlow Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 QUOTE (tinyj316 @ Apr 21 2009, 03:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Wait... so you're looking to make a map about the dewpoint? or trying to get a map, comparing acclimation times to dewpoint and to humidity? Or are you just looking for a correlation?My degree is in Geography and I specialized in Land Use/Environmental Planning and Geographic Information Sciences... So if you want a map, I could make a map for you.... it would take a while to source the data, but it could be doneNo no Tiny....the link for the map is in my post. It's at the bottom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Cool. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah hippie Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 very nice but being in Northridge there isn't too long of an accumulation but if and when I move back to SF I will know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Excellent. Absolute humidity is where its at, relative humidity does play a part in how easy it is to acclimate. It the tobacco is too dry, and the relative humidity is low, its harder to acclimate than if the relative humidity is high, for instance. So, you're both right.This is all my theory in the matter. I also think charcoal goes through humidity shock...but thats a different thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammoura1 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Just a thought: why not use the oldest way to acclimate tobacco: a Humidor!In my defense, I never tried Tangiers but I have a beautiful humidor with a couple of cigars. i keep it at 70% humidity and the cubans smoke great.just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 QUOTE (ammoura1 @ Apr 22 2009, 07:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Just a thought: why not use the oldest way to acclimate tobacco: a Humidor!In my defense, I never tried Tangiers but I have a beautiful humidor with a couple of cigars. i keep it at 70% humidity and the cubans smoke great.just my 2 cents.the humidor gets oils out of the cigars. if you use a humidor for tangiers, as soon as you take it out of the humidor, it will need to be re-acclimated to where you smoke, potentially giving you a bad smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 That and the humidor is designed to keep the tobacco at a different humidity than the air. The trick here is to keep the tobacco at the same humidity as the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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