Lake George Water Drops??

[longislandcampe]

We're at Lake George RV Park under some trees. Every so often it feels like water drops on our arms and faces but when we look at our arms they are completely dry? We've all experienced this.

It hasn't rained and it's a fairly cloudless sky. Like I said, we are completely dry afterwards. What could it be?

[noe-place]

Me too but I was trying to make a joke.

[nomad297]

cm11599ps wrote:

nomad297 wrote:
Take a look at the leaves on the trees above you. Don't you notice all of those holes that have been chewed through them?

It's worm and caterpillar pee.

Bruce

Wow, those worms and caterpillars have an uncanny knack of turning all the leaves into sharp, pointy needles! 🙂

I am referring to Lake George RV Park, which is where the OP was. Not many pine trees there.

Bruce

[longislandcampe]

nomad297 wrote:
Take a look at the leaves on the trees above you. Don't you notice all of those holes that have been chewed through them?

It's worm and caterpillar pee.

Bruce

Wow, those worms and caterpillars have an uncanny knack of turning all the leaves into sharp, pointy needles! 🙂

[noe-place]

I did notice a couple of spots of what appeared to be tree sap when I got home. But I like the bug pee answer best.

[Vulcaneer]

Snow

[nomad297]

Take a look at the leaves on the trees above you. Don't you notice all of those holes that have been chewed through them?

It's worm and caterpillar pee.

Bruce

[msb1766]

It is sap from the pine trees, take a look at your windshield after a few days it will be covered with little drops of sap was there a few weeks ago.

[RayJayco]

Dew point and condensation is hard to hit in the middle of a bright summer day... I doubt very seriously that is the answer.

Put a piece of clear glass on the ground and see if it isn't a transparent milky color when it dries... 😉

[noe-place]

We were at Lake George a couple of weeks ago and at night while sitting around the fire ring we also noticed water falling on us from the trees. I just wrote it off to water collecting on the tree and dropping to the ground. No harm no foul.

[Tom_Barb]

cm11599ps wrote:
Sounds plausible. A few minutes ago I was staring at my arm when I felt a drop where I happened to be looking at my arm. I saw a tiny drop of water on my arm but it was gone in a second or two.

Ever wonder where the water comes from to form dew? Humidity.. as the evening cools the cooler air reaches the dew point, at that point the air becomes saturated with water it can hold no more, any colder and the water falls out as dew, when it has any surface to collect the condensate, it will form droplets. those droplets are what you see on the grass in the morning. you are seeing it now in the trees.

West coast of Washington has the Ho rain forest, they will get a half inch of rain on a foggy day.

[K_Charles]

We used to go to lake George when we were kids. It was fun to go camping and drink. There must still be a lot of bars on main st.

[longislandcampe]

Tom/Barb wrote:
Out here we call that a rain forest, humidly condensing in the trees and falling as water. It evaporates almost as fast as it condenses. and the cycle continues.

Read about "Dew Point" the air temp in the canopy of the trees is lower than where you are setting so it can not hold as much water as where you are setting in the sun.

Sounds plausible. A few minutes ago I was staring at my arm when I felt a drop where I happened to be looking at my arm. I saw a tiny drop of water on my arm but it was gone in a second or two.

[Tom_Barb]

Out here we call that a rain forest, humidly condensing in the trees and falling as water. It evaporates almost as fast as it condenses. and the cycle continues.

Read about "Dew Point" the air temp in the canopy of the trees is lower than where you are setting so it can not hold as much water as where you are setting in the sun.

[longislandcampe]

Well, now that the sun is at a different angle I can see the drops. It almost looks like it's drizzling in some areas but it's a beautiful, clear day here today.