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Dew forms when the temperature drops, usually at night or in the early morning, causing exposed surfaces like grass and leaves to cool below the dew point temperature, making water vapor in the air condense into liquid water droplets on these surfaces. Dew forms through a process of radiative cooling and condensation - as exposed objects cool faster than the surrounding air, the air reaches its dew point and water condenses out as droplets. The clearer the night sky, the more heat surfaces can radiate out and the more likely dew is to form.

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Dew Formation-Wps Office

Dew forms when the temperature drops, usually at night or in the early morning, causing exposed surfaces like grass and leaves to cool below the dew point temperature, making water vapor in the air condense into liquid water droplets on these surfaces. Dew forms through a process of radiative cooling and condensation - as exposed objects cool faster than the surrounding air, the air reaches its dew point and water condenses out as droplets. The clearer the night sky, the more heat surfaces can radiate out and the more likely dew is to form.

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DEW FORMATION

What is a dew?
• Dew is water in the form of droplets that appears on
thin exposed objects in the morning or eveninf due to
condensation.
• As the exposed surface cools by radiating its
heat,atmospheric moisture condenses at a rate
greater than at which it can evaporate,resulting in the
formation of water droplets.
• The temperature at which dew forms is called dew
point. If a surface cools below the dew point, water
condenses on the surface and dew drops are formed.
How does it form?
• Dew forms as temperature drop and object cools
down.
• If the object becomes cool enough, the air around
the object will also cool.
• This forces water vapor in the air around objects to
condense. When condensation happens, small
water droplets form - dew.
• The dew formation is more when the sky is clear
and less when it's cloudy
• The temperature at which dew forms is called dew
point. If a surface cools below the dew point, water
condenses on the surface and dew drops are
formed.

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