Weather

[azurelunatic]

I've been loving the weather lately. It's hot, but it's moist, so I can actually breathe! This is so awesome!

I now see why votania says that damp weather dehydrates her. That was counterintuitive to me earlier, but...

Damp weather means that your body notices that oh, there is sufficient atmospheric water, so I don't have to retain all my water lest I fry. And then you sweat. And to a desert-attuned body, the amounts of water that can be dumped in that fashion are startling, and mean that you really need to have a waterbottle, or you're going to be so, so dead.

I still love it when it's like this. It's currently 95, with 34% humidity. *happysigh* If it never got any hotter than that, and it were often this damp while this warm, I'd be so, so happy.

I do think that wet, windy cold is the Anti-Good, however.

Comments

[boojum.livejournal.com]

Huh. My body had something of the opposite reaction: once it caught on that sweat could actually be good for something, it started sweating more. I'm also much more willing to drink water in dry weather, even if I'm at similar hydration levels.

Bodies are wacky.

[azurelunatic]

Bodies are very wacky.