![]() ![]() And your furniture as well, it's not good for that.Īlston: Yeah, I guess. And that's why your hands and your lips and everything else dry out so much. And so what moisture you have in your skin gets evaporated really fast. And so when you get those dew points down in the single digits and even below zero - we had dew points last winter, a couple of times in the -5 to -10 degree range - there's not much moisture in the air. A couple of days ago it was down to like, 8. So that number, like I just looked at the dew point right now is 24 in Boston. And as that does so, the dew points, the amount of moisture in the air, lowers. So in winter we get Canadian and even Arctic air to move into the area. ![]() But what is the weather behind it? Why is it so bad?Įpstein: Yeah. So we all know, obviously, that winters are bad on our hands. Hey, Dave, Good morning.ĭave Epstein: Good morning. Yeah.Īlston: Yes, but we're all wondering, is there a way to beat the season and predict what day might be harsher on your skin than others? To help us answer that question, meteorologist Dave Epstein is here. Seigel: We got the communal cream going around. The Morning Edition team lead on a healthy layer of hand cream all together this morning. ![]() If you are keeping the hand cream near, you're not alone this time of year because it is dry skin season. In fact, we are entering the time of year when it's getting consistently colder and so dry that your hands might start feeling like sandpaper. Jeremy Seigel: You're listening to GBH's Morning Edition on a dry and cool morning. ![]()
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