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 ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - As critical fire danger spreads across the region through spring, understanding one simple weather concept could make the difference: dew point. Relative Humidity (or RH) ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - As critical fire danger spreads across the region through spring, understanding one simple weather concept could make the difference: dew point. Relative Humidity (or RH) ...

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 ...

MOLINE, Ill. — 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 ...

In a year when most meteorologists were watching signs of drought — especially across the western half of the country — the middle of the U.S. has been inundated with moisture. It’s not just been hot, ...

Hot summers are nothing new for much of the United States, but the combination of heat and humidity has taken on a truly antagonistic role this year, pushing us closer to our melting points in an ...

Is wet bulb temperature the same as dew point? Mike Moss: In a saturated air parcel (with relative humidity 100%) the wet bulb, dry bulb and dew point temperatures are all the same. In a drier parcel ...

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?

South Carolinians are all too familiar with muggy summer days. Check your weather app of choice and you’ll notice humidity presented as a percentage: 68 percent humidity, 92 percent humidity, ...

SEATTLE — It's foggy, cloudy, and raining in the Pacific Northwest much of the winter. Plus, the humidity is at 100%. But why does it still feel dry? Why do your lips still get chapped and your skin ...