Across much of the world, hotter days are no longer arriving alone. The air itself is changing, sometimes turning from dry ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – There might not be a more misunderstood phrase in meteorology than “relative humidity.” Every summer when humidity returns, this phrase echoes across the United States: “It ...

Naser Daher, of Durham’s Old Farm neighborhood, carries his belongings through floodwaters near the Eno River in Durham on ...

Meteorologists talk plenty about the dew point temperature during the summer, as it is a great indicator of humidity and a condition to watch when severe weather is possible. So what is it? The dew ...

There is probably no weather element so poorly understood as humidity. Of course, we know it is humid when we feel sticky, but most people do not understand how humidity is quantified. What we call ...

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 ...

There are various ways to measure the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. The amount of moisture a given parcel of air can hold is dependent on the ambient temperature. Higher temperatures mean ...

In the simplest terms, humidity is a natural occurrence of water vapor in the air. It plays a big part in how clouds are made ...

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Myra, There are different ways to represent humidity, such as absolute humidity, specific humidity, relative humidity, and using the dew point as an indicator of absolute humidity. Of ...

Dew point/relative humidity questions come up fairly often and this is a good one. Water vapor in the atmosphere is pretty important for deep-sky observing and photography. The atmosphere can only ...

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