relative humidity
noun
: the ratio of the amount of water vapor actually present in the air to the greatest amount possible at the same temperature
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In the afternoon, the relative humidity will drop below 30%, leading to slightly elevated fire weather concerns.
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
Low relative humidity is combining with high winds to create an extreme fire weather threat across the western half of the Southern and Central Plains – the highest risk level for fire weather.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
The Weather Service office in Blacksburg, Va., said that despite diminishing winds Thursday, the combination of low relative humidity, northwesterly winds and dry fuels would again make for ideal fire weather across southwestern Virginia and southeastern West Virginia through the evening.
—Remy Tumin, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
The minimum relative humidity will also remain at about 10 to 15%, the service said, a combination of factors that makes wildfire outbreaks all the more likely.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
Because of well above normal temperatures and low relative humidity and strong gusty winds, parts of the region are under a red flag warning, meaning that any fires that start could spread quickly and be difficult to control.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2024
The relative humidity in this region has been decreasing as well, Dr. Nielsen-Gammon said.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
The nonprofit group Climate Central calculated how the number of fire weather days has shifted in communities across the United States from 1973 to 2022, using weather station data and measures of temperature, wind and relative humidity.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
Heat indexes – a measure of what the temperature feels like on the skin when accounting for relative humidity – are expected to be between 105 and 110 degrees on Friday, particularly over the mid-Atlantic and Central Plains.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 28 July 2023
Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
Low relative humidity is combining with high winds to create an extreme fire weather threat across the western half of the Southern and Central Plains – the highest risk level for fire weather.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
The Weather Service office in Blacksburg, Va., said that despite diminishing winds Thursday, the combination of low relative humidity, northwesterly winds and dry fuels would again make for ideal fire weather across southwestern Virginia and southeastern West Virginia through the evening.
—Remy Tumin, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
The minimum relative humidity will also remain at about 10 to 15%, the service said, a combination of factors that makes wildfire outbreaks all the more likely.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
Because of well above normal temperatures and low relative humidity and strong gusty winds, parts of the region are under a red flag warning, meaning that any fires that start could spread quickly and be difficult to control.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2024
The relative humidity in this region has been decreasing as well, Dr. Nielsen-Gammon said.
—Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
The nonprofit group Climate Central calculated how the number of fire weather days has shifted in communities across the United States from 1973 to 2022, using weather station data and measures of temperature, wind and relative humidity.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
Heat indexes – a measure of what the temperature feels like on the skin when accounting for relative humidity – are expected to be between 105 and 110 degrees on Friday, particularly over the mid-Atlantic and Central Plains.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 28 July 2023
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