An oppressive heat dome has gripped the eastern U.S. this week, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue heat ...

If you are living in one of many areas of the U.S. currently experiencing a heat wave, your outdoor thermometer may say it's ...

Wet-bulb temperature is calculated using a specific equation that considers dry-bulb temperature and relative humidity. It can also be easily deduced by reading a Psychrometric Chart, such as the ...

The wet-bulb globe temperature is a measurement that factors the air temperature’s stress on the body. It considers the air ...

With a stretch of VERY hot weather ahead for the rest of this month into August, it is a good idea to look at how we measure ...

A critical wet-bulb temperature is the point where a healthy person can survive for only six hours. A 2020 study in Science Advances found that some places on earth have already hit that threshold.

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The Wet Bulb Globe Temperature is a more comprehensive way of showing the effect of the heat on your body. While the traditional heat index uses only the temperature and humidity and is calculated ...

Any sort of humidity, combined with a high actual temperature, will be cause for concern as the reading on a day like that may not allow for outdoor sports until 8 or 8:30 p.m.

Afternoon Wet Bulb Globe Temperatures peak each afternoon in the high range, indicated by the orange color. This means people need to limit time in sunlight to 20 minutes for every hour.

Wet-bulb temperature can also be misleading in really dry environments, Fisher said. For instance, if the outside temperature is 122 F (50 C) with 10% humidity, the wet-bulb temperature may be ...