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Old 17th Jan 2012, 08:57
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(Temperature - Dew point) x 400 has already been mentioned.

There is also a simple approximation for T-DP = (100-Relative Humidity) / 5
Dew point - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So with the answer in feet you can use 80 x (100 - RH)

Some weather forecasts (eg the BBC for the UK) give RH estimates several days ahead, so this can provide a rough and ready longer forecast. Eg should I cancel something four days from now because I might finally do some night flying.

Sometimes it even works!
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