Myth: Warm Air “Holds more Water than Cooler Air”
Since the advent of the Internet, there has been an unfortunate tendency for individuals to misrepresent basic scientific concepts via blogs, wikis, forums, and various other forms of communication since the digital age.
Of great concern are individuals to whom the public is dependent upon, especially during times of crisis, who perhaps unintentionally misrepresent basic concepts of Meteorology. Such as “Warm air ‘holds’ more water than cooler air.”
Let us examine a few basic concepts.