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As the air warms, its relative humidity also drops, sometimes to less than 20% or even less than 10%. The extremely low humidity helps dry out vegetation, making it a better fuel for fires.
Louisiana weather forecast. A Winter Storm Warning went into affect at 6 a.m. local time Thursday for most of northwestern Louisiana, according to the weather service, and will last through noon ...
TODAY: Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of rain and storms. Highs in the low-80s. Wind: S 15-20 mph, gusting to 30 mph at times. TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers and storms early ...
The Mountain Fire began shortly before 9:00 a.m. PST on November 6 during an episode of strong Santa Ana winds in Southern California. [2] The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center delineated an "extremely critical" risk area on their Day 1 fire weather outlook, warning of low relative humidity values combined with a strong wind event with gusts of over 65 miles per hour (105 km/h ...
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air. Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye. [2] Humidity indicates the likelihood for precipitation, dew, or fog to be present. Humidity depends on the temperature and pressure of the system of interest.
Tule fog is a radiation fog, which condenses when there is a high relative humidity (typically after a heavy rain), calm winds, and rapid cooling during the night. The nights are longer in the winter months, which allows an extended period of ground cooling, and thereby a pronounced temperature inversion at a low altitude.
In a forecast, the local air district cautioned that the unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups could last through Wednesday morning. Snug-fitting N95 respirator masks have filters designed to ...
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. [1] On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere, the troposphere, [2] [3] just below the stratosphere.