This means that the plant doesn't need to draw as much moisture from the soil.

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"Generally, our problem in Middle Tennessee is that we have too much moisture in the spring, " Cook says.

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Through May and early June his curds got better but didn't retain as much moisture as he would like.

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Doesken said the forecast for the first part of 2013 doesn't include much moisture, and the longer range outlook is uncertain.

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Shaman converted the guinea pig data from relative humidity to absolute humidity and found the link between air moisture and flu spread got much stronger.

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They stretch in all directions, and like the synthetic base layers worn by skiers and many other athletes, they are breathable (twice as much as cotton) and wicking to remove moisture from the skin.

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This is the height of tornado season across much of the American Midwest, when the changing seasons bring that peculiar mix of moisture, hot and cold temperatures and varying atmospheric pressure that creates a funnel of death.

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In an environment far too dry to sustain much life, the flora and fauna have adapted, enabling them to glean just enough moisture from the ocean fog that spills inland at dawn.

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That does not sound like much but it does mean that extreme rain storms may bring more rain than before - with more moisture in the air, what goes up must come down, and the odds are worse.

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