It’s a hot summer day and you hear someone say, “The relative humidity is 80%!” They’re probably correct, but relative humidity is just not a good way to measure how muggy the air “feels” to our ...
July wasn’t an extremely hot month, but it was very muggy. Most Michigan cities had a Top 10 muggiest July. One city had its second muggiest July on record. To rank mugginess, we need to look at the ...
NORFOLK, Va. — Most summer days, you hear us talk about “humidity” when describing how the air feels. While many people are familiar with the term relative humidity — the percentage of water vapor in ...
When our Storm Track 8 Weather Team talks about muggy conditions, they usually refer to the dew point rather than humidity. The dew point is typically a better measure of the atmosphere. It's the ...
Understanding the difference between humidity and moisture.
Relative humidity measures how much moisture is in the air compared to how much it could hold at a given temperature. It is simply the dew point temperature divided by the air temperature, times 100.
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Let’s start with this... it gets humid every summer. Yes, we know. But has this summer felt like the humidity hasn’t let up much and we aren’t getting as many comfortable days?
Happy Independence Day, Short Wavers! Do you have plans outdoors this weekend and want to figure out just how swampy it's gonna feel? For that... Need a better way to check the weather this summer?
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Dry air is more than just an inconvenience. It can significantly affect your health, from your skin to your respiratory system and overall health. To know exactly how dry the ...
The dew point temperature is measured using a Buck research 1011C chilled mirror hygrometer and is a base measurement available on all King Air deployments. Chilled mirror operating principles are ...