Raining in the Kitchen

[Crazy Eddie]

It is the most extreme and certainly the most literal example of microclimate: it is, at this moment, raining in my kitchen.

Short little story: I noticed my one year old son walking along the cabinets, following me around while I was making breakfast. He was wearing these long sweat pants he got for his birthday a week ago; they were dry when I put them on him. I happen to look down after a minute or so and notice the bottom of his pants were moist. I just assumed he stepped in something, but there was no water on the floor. So I went to pick him up, and that's when I felt lt: like pins and needles when your leg falls asleep (that's what I thought it was at first) but as I stood there a while this little layer of moisture formed until both of my feet were wet. I checked the whole kitchen: no leaks, no pipes, nothing from the ceiling. Construction paper test with a pair of cake levels and black paper tells me the water droplets are forming about two and a half inches above the floor, but no higher than that.

Or is there another explanation for this? I didn't think microclimates could form in that small a space, I assumed they required huge volumes like football stadiums and crap like that.

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Got a temperature on the floor and a humidity reading?

If you're boiling water for tea or oatmeal or something, that would raise the humidity.

All I can think of is if the tiles are below the dewpoint temp for the air in your house.

Really wierd that it would form that quickly though. Sure you don't have a pinprick leak in an exposed pipe?

 

[Shazam!]

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[Crazy Eddie]

If you're boiling water for tea or oatmeal or something, that would raise the humidity.

I figured that, but I just had hot water running in the sink. Nothing boiling, but I should probably try that to get confirmation.

Really wierd that it would form that quickly though. Sure you don't have a pinprick leak in an exposed pipe?

That's what got my attention at first: there are no exposed pipes, and unlike the last time I sprung a leak there are no visible water droplets. Just dew forming over everything close to the ground.