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 ...

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 ...

Temperatures next week are expected to soar into the mid and low 90s, and the term “heat index” will be used in verbatim, but there is another way to determine how the heat will affect your body. That ...

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 ...