As recent fervor for storm chasing and the national pastime of doubting meteorological predictions demonstrates, weather can be a tricky beast to pin down. To truly wrangle it and capture its data, ...

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 ...

Atoms are the tiny building blocks of all matter, but under the right conditions, they can become giants. Scientists have found a way to use these supersized atoms, called Rydberg atoms, to create a ...

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” — ...

Dozens of Philadelphians will be fanning out across the city on one of the worst dog days of summer this year to measure the true impact of heat on residents. The federal government has teamed up with ...

Austin temperatures on Thursday are expected to hit 101 degrees, while the muggy air will make it feel more like 104. We’ve all heard the saying, “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity,” to describe ...

The Wet Bulb Globe Temperature is a measure of heat stress from a combination of temperature, humidity, wind, and direct sunlight (Copyright 2024 by KSAT - All rights ...

SAN ANTONIO – A UTSA and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) partnership will soon study and measure “felt heat” on the West Side. The partnership is led by Stuart Stothoff, a principal scientist with ...

By Ruth Kamnitzer Wondering how this summer’s blistering heat or last winter’s bone-chilling cold snap compared with previous ...