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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When you're watching your favorite on-air meteorologist talking about the heat, they usually show you a graphic of the air temperatures and/or the heat index value. Those are pretty ...
NORFOLK, Va. — When it comes to dangerous summer heat, there are several factors to consider beyond the temperature. Most of us are familiar with the heat index, or summertime “feels like” temperature ...
Hot days aren’t all created the same, and a measurement that’s becoming increasingly popular is meant to better capture how hot days pose different risks to people. “Wet bulb globe temperature” — ...
Extreme levels of heat and humidity are forecast to spread across the country over the next two weeks, blanketing the Southwest, Midwest, and East Coast with high temperatures beginning this June 19 ...
INDIANA, USA — Add the wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) to you list of weather words to gauge how hot the weather is going to be. It is an advanced way to measure heat and the impact it will have on ...
Throughout the summer, we’ve talked about temperatures and the heat index, but there’s another measurement that’s been used to talk more specifically about heat stress in direct sunlight. The Wet-Bulb ...
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - As an intense heat wave settles in across Nebraska, it’s difficult to determine just how hot it will actually feel like with just the high and low for the day. The wet bulb globe ...
MOLINE, Ill — Our recent stretch of record-setting heat and humidity had a lot of us rethinking outdoor plans, whether it was for work or pleasure. The combination of both factors led the National ...