Meteorologist Paul Douglas answers reader questions about the weather and other natural phenomena every couple of weeks.

Every summer, I get asked this question: "Why don't you use relative humidity? I don't care about the dew point." The thing is - you should care about the dew point more. The dew point is quite ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Most summer days, you hear us talk about “humidity” when describing how the air feels. While many people are familiar with the term relative humidity — the percentage of water vapor in ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – This time of the year it is especially important that we effectively communicate the amount of moisture in the atmosphere on any given day. There are different ways of doing this, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Higher dew points can mean misery. Parts of the United States have gotten an early taste of summer weather, as temperatures and ...

Relative humidity and dew point are often mistaken for the same thing, and can be sources of confusion. We have recently gotten questions about the differences between the two, and which is more ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — As warm summer days continue throughout northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, so does the chance of hot days becoming more common over the years. Let us set the stage: you are watching ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's uncomfortably hot along the Interstate 95 corridor in the Northeast as temperatures hold onto the 90s. To make matters worse, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - When summer arrives, meteorologists talk about both humidity and dew point. While the two are related, they are not the same thing. Relative humidity is a percentage that ...

I know in Houston, we hear the term humidity which is used to correlate to how muggy it may feel outside. But what actually is humidity and what does it represent? Humidity is the measurement of water ...

Dew point and relative humidity are related, but dew point communicates how things feel much better. That’s why we use it as the basis for our Muggy Meter we show on TV and online. It’s an absolute ...