It's that time of the year to go over the dew point explanation and why dew point is a more important weather term than humidity.The dew point is what the temperature has to drop to for a humidity of ...

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It’s not too hard to find the words to describe New Hampshire’s weather over the past few days. Some words come to mind like oppressive, sticky, tropical, clammy and sweaty.Simply put, it’s humid. But ...

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 ...

Before you step outside, you may want to know how humid, or "sticky" it feels. That comes down to knowing the dew point. Dew point is more commonly discussed in the summertime and is a good measure of ...

As this thin layer cools, it will eventually reach its dew point. Once the dew point is reached, the air will condensate. Since blades of grass are right on the ground, they create a perfect surface ...

Dew point can be calculated using the air temperature and a relative humidity value, which is measured using something called a sling psychrometer. A psychrometer is a metal rod, around 6 inches long, ...

Relative humidity and dew point both give us an idea of the amount of moisture in the atmosphere; however, only dew point is a true measurement of the atmospheric moisture. Relative humidity is ...

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 ...

We hear dew point mentioned in forecasts and see it on weather apps all the time, but we don't hear too much about the frost point. Both are important to consider for day to day life, as well as, the ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- We now return you to your regularly scheduled summer conditions! Well, that was fun wasn't it? The "heat wave" (not really) is over with dew points back near 60 degrees this ...