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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A dangerous combination of heat and humidity is sweeping the Gulf region this week, hitting cities from Dubai to Doha. Dubai, for example, is forecast to see air temperatures hover ...

A construction worker tries to keep hydrated while on the job in South Boston. (David L. Ryan/Boston Globe via Getty Images) With summer officially underway, millions of Americans are facing another ...

Devices used to measure the wet-bulb temperature include a dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer and globe thermometer. The National Weather Service recommends the wet-bulb temperature for anyone ...

Oppressive heat continues to blanket the South with temperatures in the upper 90s and heat advisories in place in many areas. Yahoo News reported that one of the main concerns during extreme heat 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 ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Summer break may be over for Omaha students and athletes, but the summer heat is still here with highs in the 90s the past few days. Understanding the impacts of heat can be ...

We’ve all heard someone say, ‘It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.’ Many of us have also seen the heat index on a hot and humid summer day, but what about a wet bulb temperature? Several scales ...

Heat is already the deadliest weather-related hazard, killing about 1,300 Americans each year. Wet bulb conditions occur when it's too hot and humid for a human's sweat to evaporate. Extreme humidity ...

I'm trying to reconcile statements being made about how a wet bulb temp (TW) of 95F "breaks" the cooling process of sweating and you're actually slowly overheating and if not arrested, you'l ...

In Gujarat, a state in western India, dehydrated birds fall from the sky. In Punjab, in the north, withering crops have led to farmer suicides. In much of India, temperatures exceed 40°C. But it is ...

AT the recent Institute of Physics Conference at Leeds, I communicated a rule which I have found useful for calculating the relative humidity direct from readings of the ventilated wet- and dry-bulb ...