TOLEDO, Ohio — As warm summer days continue throughout northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, so does the chance of hot days becoming more common over the years. Let us set the stage: you are watching ...
(WLUK) -- As summer approaches, understanding the dew point can help you prepare for those often muggy days. Dew point is the temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture, meaning it can't ...
This week, there has been lots of discussion regarding the dew point and how it relates to humidity. While most of us have probably heard of the dew point, do you actually know what it is?
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 ...
Every summer, I get asked this question: "Why don't you use relative humidity? I don't care about the dew point." The thing is - you should care about the dew point more. The dew point is quite ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Humidity has a big impact on a forecast, and the dew point is a great way to measure how it will feel outside. Unlike relative humidity, which changes with the temperature ...
I know in Houston, we hear the term humidity which is used to correlate to how muggy it may feel outside. But what actually is humidity and what does it represent? Humidity is the measurement of water ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Two common weather terms you'll hear many times in the warmer part of the year are "dew point" and "relative humidity". While both relate to moisture in the air and the "stickiness" ...
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 ...
It’s summertime in the northeast, and we always expect it to get hot and humid for at least a little while each season. We would be shocked if we didn’t experience heat index values near 100 for at ...